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Back to EpisodesWalt Hunter On Fighting For Attention Spans And Requiring Students To Read Books
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Walt Hunter is a professor of 20th- and 21st-century literature at Case Western Reserve University, where he also serves as Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Academic Affairs. He’s also the fiction and poetry editor at The Atlantic and author of the recent Atlantic essay titled “Stop Meeting Students Where They Are,” where he shared what happened when he stopped buying the story that students can't read anymore. Walt joined host Robert Glazer on the Elevate Podcast to talk about how he challenges students in class, fighting against shrinking attention spans, and AI in learning.
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