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What College Students Need Most
To many people, vocational education has often meant learning a trade, but a more profound and important meaning of the term has been coming back into use, writes David S. Cunningham.
Grading Smarter, Not Harder
Historians discuss efforts to evaluate student learning far beyond a grade.
Getting Students to Study Literature
Number of English majors is dropping and many language programs fight for survival. But at the MLA, professors share strategies that are boosting enrollments and in some cases forcing them to change what they teach.
‘Why They Can’t Write’
Author discusses his new book about “killing the five-paragraph essay” and other ways schools and colleges could do a better job of teaching writing.
The Health of the English Major
Kent Cartwright examines some of the strengths and weaknesses of the English major and reports that the news is not all bad.
Casting Public Imagination for the Evolving Major
A decline in the English major is a crisis not of marketing but rather of public imagination, argues Jennifer Clifton.
An Ode to Teacherless Writing Classes
An uncredentialed writing instructor, Gizem Karaali, shares some effective tools learned through trial and error.
‘Why Didn’t I Get an A?’
How do professors respond to regrade requests? One department encourages instructors to pass them up the chain.