{"id":17767,"date":"2023-11-20T09:49:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T15:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intranet2.valpo.edu\/cital\/?post_type=faculty_learning_com&#038;p=17767"},"modified":"2025-07-16T10:46:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T15:46:36","slug":"teaching-underprepared-students-and-the-hidden-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"faculty_learning_com","link":"https:\/\/intra.valpo.edu\/cital\/faculty-learning-com\/teaching-underprepared-students-and-the-hidden-curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Underprepared Students and The Hidden Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This FLC will focus on teaching underprepared students. Most of us have been increasingly encountering underprepared students in our courses. 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