Teaching

Howard V. Hendrix explains a new way he plans to deal with what some students characterize as the stress of his too-high demands in class.

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’s assertion that faculty members tell students what to say and think distorts a basic fact: most professors are dedicated to teaching their students to think independently and critically, argues Susan Resneck Pierce.

UNC board members want law school’s civil rights center to be barred from lawsuits and suing the state -- which the center has done with success in the past.

Various surveys look at biggest academic challenges international students face and the availability of professional development opportunities for professors teaching in intercultural classrooms.

David N. Figlio and Morton Schapiro share the results of a study in which they examined what, if any, link exists between the two.

First data, based on analysis of work at 92 colleges, finds much success in writing, some success in critical thinking and more limited success in quantitative skills.

At colleges proud of attracting students who want a broad-based, non-vocational education, numbers of majors in arts and humanities are falling.