The Campus Voices campaign is an effort to educate the campus community about the great work that goes on in American colleges and universities every day. We intend to highlight how a dedicated faculty goes about the important business of education, how students engage in that education, and why it's important to protect education from those who want to impose a political agenda on higher education.

How can you help with the this campaign?  Organize a Campus Voices event on your campus!  You can download the Campus Voices Organizing Toolkit by clicking on the "Campus Voices" image below - it includes step by step instructions on how to put together an event, along with contact information to put you in touch with Free Exchange on Campus staff to assist you in your venture.  Please let us know that you're interested in hosting an event!   

Why do you teach?

We've challenged our own bloggers and other blogging academics to answer the question, "Why do you teach?" In turn, we've gotten thoughtful answers from a wide range of educators describing to us their motivations for engaging in the sometimes grueling work of higher education. Listed below are the responses that we've received so far, and we'll continue to post more as we find out about them. We hope this provides you with a better understanding of what drives the dedicated professionals who are working to ensure that today's college students receive the highest quality education possible!

Reassigned Time - Dr. Crazy's Original Post and Response to the Meme
Free Exchange on Campus - Kurt Smith
Sherman Dorn
Citizen of Somewhere Else - The Constructivist
Is There No Sin In It? - A White Bear
Free Exchange on Campus - Wendy Lynne Lee
Tenured Radical
The Edge of the American West - eric
Historiann
Free Exchange on Campus - Teacher Ken
New Kid on the Hallway
History and Education: Past and Present - Tim Lacy
FACE Talk - Phil Jack
Free Exchange on Campus - Aaron Barlow
Clio Bluestocking Tales - Clio Bluestocking
The Edge of the American West - ari
Kelly in Kansas
Squadratomagico
History and Education: Past and Present - Christopher Miller
Mixed Race America - Jennifer
Pharyngula - PZ Myers
Todd's Hammer
Adventures in Ethics and Science - Janet D. Stemwedel
Sara Speaking
Center of Gravitas - Gayprof
Rough Theory
The Kugelmass Episodes - cross posted at The Valve
Random Musings From A Random Geek 
Footnotes on Epicycles - PD Magnus
Dr. Curmudgeon 
The Angry Physicist
Free Exchange on Campus - Barbara Fister
ProfRon.net - Ron McClamrock
Wandering Apricot
Religion in American History - Kathryn Lofton
Anastasia
Religion in American History - Kelly Baker
Info-fetishist - amlibrarian
In the Middle - Mary Kate Hurley (cross-posted at Old English in NY )
Acephalous - Scott Eric Kaufman
Lesboprof  
Northern Humanist
Larval Subjects 
Philosopher's Playground - Steve Gimbel
Religion in American History - Ed Blum
Religion in American History - John Turner
In the Middle - Eileen Joy
Harmonia's Necklace  
ACRLog - Stephanie Willen Brown
to do (Thinking By Writing)
Persephone's Box
Scattered & Random - Belle
Karen Munro, E-Learning Librarian  
Bardiac
Religion in American History - Paul Harvey
Short-Circuit Signs - Shaun Huston
Deepening the Conversation
The Jose Vilson
Lumpenprof
Profgrrrrl  
Professor Zero Take One and Take Two
The Mind of Dr. Pion
Ferule & Fescue - Flavia
WOC PhD - profbwoman
What in the hell...
Quod She

Links to the meme:

Inside Higher Ed
Cliopatria - Ralph Luker
BlogHer - Leslie Madsen Brooks
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