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In-Class Writing, 2014 Edition
As a new academic year begins, Ulf Kirchdorfer contemplates the end of cursive, having his composition students write essays on their smartphones, and more.
'Minds on Fire'
In new book, creator of "Reacting to the Past" details history of the pedagogical technique and advocates its wider adoption.
Don't Email Me
A faculty member at Salem College bans students from emailing her. The goal: increasing student-faculty interaction.
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Learn Your Students' Names
Daniel F. Chambliss writes about why professors need to -- and how they can do so.
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The Digital Natives Are Restless
Judith Shapiro asks if academe is paying sufficient attention to all of the ways in which technology is changing the role of the professor and faculty-student interaction.
Workshops Work
Students fare better by skipping remediation and instead taking statistics with an additional workshop, new CUNY study finds, fueling state remedial reforms.
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Don't Ride the Bandwagon
Just because a teaching idea is hot doesn't mean you need to embrace it, writes Rob Weir.
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The National College Degree
The Education Department's new Online Skills Academy could be the first step to an alternative degree pathway, Paul LeBlanc writes, one that is nationally offered, low-cost and competency-based.