Are you “in the know” or “on the out?” Well, many college students don’t even know where they stand thanks to our friend, the hidden curriculum. The hidden curriculum refers to the set of norms and ...

Much has been written about college’s “hidden” curriculum: the institutional culture and unspoken norms and expectations that influence academic and post-graduation success. This hidden curriculum ...

We recently wrote an article for Inside Higher Ed about the challenges of a hidden curriculum that graduate students, especially those from historically excluded groups, must navigate. In that piece, ...

As a third-year medical student, Sara was eager to begin her clinical rotations. During her first week, she witnessed an unsettling scene: her attending dismissed a patient’s complaints of persistent ...

Education insiders use the term “hidden curriculum” to describe unspoken rules that govern schools. The hidden curriculum is made up of relationships and behaviors within a school and decides who ...

When he was young, Jason Krastein remembers his father, a nephrologist, coming home from the hospital to compile patient notes and pre-chart for the next day before spending time with the family. As a ...

They’re the subtle cues and behaviours that shape student success – easily picked up by local students, but often unfamiliar for those from refugee backgrounds. This Refugee Week, human rights and ...