Teaching

New Penn course is one of several efforts at colleges to try to get students to engage in quiet reflection and to set aside their phones and careerism.

Stephen J. Ceci, Scott O. Lilienfeld and Wendy M. Williams suggest a possible solution to the thorny debate over the practice.

Colleges should use current events like the U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Brett Kavanaugh to foster understanding in our students, writes Karen Gross.

Too many students walk out of such classes questioning whether they'll ever make it to graduation, argues Aaron Altose.

Arts and sciences faculty sticks with a three-course-sequence foreign language requirement, even as other institutions shrink their language requirements.

Colgate offers up its own statement on campus speech, arguing that it's not just what you say, it's how you say it.

Report says international graduate enrollments were down for the second straight year last year, after a period of significant growth. Experts said it's hard to ignore the Trump factor.

A growing number of academics are experimenting with new technologies powered by artificial intelligence, but many of the technologies aren't yet ready for prime time.