Guilt-Free Book Club - AmandaSeptember 8, 202612:15 pm - 1:15 pm
This semester we will be readings The Opposite of Cheating: Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI, by David A. Rettinger and Tricia Bertram Gallant.
The Opposite of Cheating presents a positive, forward-looking, research-backed vision for what classroom integrity can look like in the GenAI era, both in cyberspace and on campus. Accordingly, the book outlines workable measures teachers can use to better understand why students cheat and to prevent cheating while aiming to enhance learning and integrity.
Bertram Gallant and Rettinger provide practical suggestions to help faculty revise the conversation around integrity, refocus classes and students on learning, reconsider the structure and goals of assessment, and generally reframe our response to cheating. At the core of this strategy is a call for teachers, academic staff, institutional leaders, and administrators to rethink how we “show up” for students, and to reinforce and fully support quality teaching, learning, and assessment. With its evidentiary basis and its useful tips for instructors across disciplines, levels of experience, and modes of instruction, this book offers a much-needed chance to pause, rethink our purpose, and refocus on what matters—creating classes that center human interactions that foster the personal and professional growth of our students.
RSVP here with lunch order by Friday, September 4th, at 5PM.
Location: Honnold Conference Room Second Floor of the Library.
Full Meeting Schedule on RSVP Form.
Tricia Bertram Gallant will also be joining the Claremont Colleges in conversation on Tuesday September 15th, watch out for more updates as we get closer to this event.
Author Talk: Dr. Tricia Bertram Gallant, author of The Opposite of Cheating
Author Talk: Dr. Tricia Bertram Gallant, author of The Opposite of CheatingSeptember 15, 202612:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Co-sponsored by the CTL and the First-Year Seminar Program at Pitzer, faculty from the Claremont Colleges are invited to join us as we welcome Dr. Tricia Bertram Gallant on Tuesday, September 15, from 12:30–1:30 p.m. to discuss GenAI tools and higher education.
GenAI tools like ChatGPT have disrupted our typical ways of facilitating and validating learning in the college classroom. After taking some time to recall our purpose as higher education institutions and to situate ourselves in the realities of our students, Dr. Bertram Gallant will overview three things that are within the sphere of agency of the individual college course instructor: communicating with students, validating learning, and emphasizing mastery oriented classrooms.
RSVP here to receive in-person and/or virtual meeting information.
While this will be a virtual event, we will have an in-person watch party that includes lunch! Please indicate below if you would be attending virtually, or in-person. Details on the room, and link for viewing will be shared closer to the event.
Guilt-Free Book Club - AmandaSeptember 29, 202612:15 pm - 1:15 pm
This semester we will be readings The Opposite of Cheating: Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI, by David A. Rettinger and Tricia Bertram Gallant.
The Opposite of Cheating presents a positive, forward-looking, research-backed vision for what classroom integrity can look like in the GenAI era, both in cyberspace and on campus. Accordingly, the book outlines workable measures teachers can use to better understand why students cheat and to prevent cheating while aiming to enhance learning and integrity.
Bertram Gallant and Rettinger provide practical suggestions to help faculty revise the conversation around integrity, refocus classes and students on learning, reconsider the structure and goals of assessment, and generally reframe our response to cheating. At the core of this strategy is a call for teachers, academic staff, institutional leaders, and administrators to rethink how we “show up” for students, and to reinforce and fully support quality teaching, learning, and assessment. With its evidentiary basis and its useful tips for instructors across disciplines, levels of experience, and modes of instruction, this book offers a much-needed chance to pause, rethink our purpose, and refocus on what matters—creating classes that center human interactions that foster the personal and professional growth of our students.
This book club strives to beguilt-free in every way. You don’t need to have read to attend, and you are welcomed join in at any time — arriving late, leaving early, or missing a week is perfectly OK!
We will meet every other week, starting August 2026. Meeting times, and place TBA. Lunch will be provided.
LCs are small groups of faculty/instructors who come together regularly over the course of a year to discuss various aspects of their teaching, support each other, and/or work together to solve a shared pedagogical problem or question. Each LC will meet every other week at a time and date determined by the group.
First 5 Socials
Once a month (usually the last Thursday) CTL hosts a social evening for faculty in their first 5 years at the colleges. Check the calendar or join our mailing list for more details!
Pre-Fall 2026 Upcoming Events
We have two types of sessions available before the start of the fall semester. The CTL’s Pre-Semester workshop is where we offer some practical and pedagogically sound advice for new (or returning!) faculty, drawn from the Faculty Co-directors’ experience teaching here, and help new faculty get to know the CTL and connect with a community of fellow teachers. Drop-in hours where instructors can stop by to review syllabi, finalize canvas sites, make lesson plans for the first day, talk about AI, pick up the CTL book club book, etc.
Pre-Semester event dates & times:
Monday August 24th, 10-11:15: Pre-Semester Workshop
Tuesday August 25th, 1:15-2:30: Pre-Semester Workshop (same workshop repeated)
Tuesday, August 25th: 2:30-4:30: Drop-In Hours
Wednesday, August 26th: 10:00-12:00 and 2:00-4:00 Drop-In Hours
Thursday August 27th: 1:00-3:00 Drop-In Hours
If you like, you can RSVP here and we’ll send you an email once we reserve a space for these events.
2025-26 Past Events
Teaching Tune-Up:The CTL’s Teaching Tune Up is a change to prepare for the Spring Semester. We’ll have structured sessions on Academic Dishonesty in the age of AI, Inclusive Assignments and Assessments, as well as an Info Session on our CTL Fellows program. We’ll also have drop-in consultations and quiet working space available all day, and a CTL Book Fair!
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