Teaching

Coker College shakes things up by allowing interested professors to break out of the 50-minute routine.

Just because professors who teach online don't have to be physically on campus doesn't mean they shouldn't be, writes Penelope Adams Moon.

AAU wanted to improve science education beyond an instructor-by-instructor basis. Five years on, a major initiative piloted on eight campuses seems to be working.

Bruce Jackson’s approach to education can serve as an example for us all, write John Mateja and Arlene Lieberman.

By concentrating so heavily on graduation rates, policy makers are ignoring danger signs that the amount that students are learning in college may be declining, writes Derek Bok.

Deborah J. Cohan suggests strategies for generating discussion and engagement in large classes.

Proliferating course offerings can overwhelm and confuse students and make a college education seem like a box-checking exercise rather than a cohesive and comprehensive intellectual endeavor, argues Loni Bordoloi Pazich.