Teaching

New book seeks to round out the trigger warning debate with competing histories of the trend and case studies from the classroom.

Thomas Doherty wonders if today’s atmosphere on college campuses encourages, or even tolerates, the kind of unsparing reprimand from a professor that might be needed for a student’s growth.

Article sets off debate on whether a roots genre from Appalachia risks its authenticity when colleges study and teach it.

University of Michigan adds an automated text-analysis tool to a growing program intended to give more students a chance to learn through writing.

Anthropologist offers explanation for why faculty members hesitate to adopt innovative teaching methods.

If you want a classroom where students can speak freely and assess dangerous ideas, then you can't be a helicopter professor -- whether you’re a liberal, conservative or something in between, writes Francis J. Beckwith.

Without rigor and cohesive requirements, the liberal arts will eventually confront a future of irrelevance, argues Michael B. Poliakoff.

In the end, argues Christopher Leise, the questions should not have turned to “Who is right here?” but rather, “Who is white here?”