The first 50 registrants signing up to participate in this fall’s WSU Teaching Academy One-Read Book Club will receive a free, printed copy of Becoming a Student-Ready College: A New Culture of Leadership for Student Success.
Everyone participating in the club will have a book copy. Academy chair Ashley Boyd said that while printed copies will be available to those first registrants, e-books are available at any time to all other participants through WSU Libraries.
The asynchronous, online club will kick off on Sept. 1 and is open to all faculty, staff, and graduate students. The WSU Teaching Academy has partnered with external experts, PBC Guru, to host the virtual book club that will run from September into December. Those who join will meet and network with fellow members to exchange perspectives while examining topics in the book.
Rather than looking at how well students are prepared for college, the book explores what universities are doing to prepare for their entering students, and what policies, practices, and cultures need to be adjusted to be student-ready.
Club participants will be well prepared when the book’s lead author, Tia Brown McNair, delivers the virtual, keynote address for the academy-hosted TEACHxWSU 2024 set for Oct. 25. Registration for TEACHxWSU will open soon.
Questions about the book club, the book, and TEACHxWSU can be sent to Boyd.
