February 03, 2009  In a recent article in Political Science & Politics, Adjunct Professor William F.S. Miles illustrates the learning that occurs when a class on third-world development attempts to undertake foreign aid. With undergraduate, graduate, and departmental money, Miles purchased bulls and carts for farmers, and goats for widows, in two West African villages. "Such experiential learning personalized for students the study of micropolitics under conditions of poverty, the development of organizational structure, and North-South dependency," he reports in “Bulls, Goats, and Pedagogy: Engaging Students in Overseas Development Aid.”