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Too Much Informality
Katrina Gulliver is tired of students calling her by her first name -- and of professors who encourage the practice.
Online Ed Disconnect
A survey of freshmen finds that while most high school students use online education websites on their own time, very few see fully online courses in their higher education future.
Playing Catch-Up
Despite the growth of online education, some colleges -- especially small liberal arts institutions -- have absolute bans on credit for such work. Some are starting to consider a shift.
My Yellowing Notes, My Class and Me
After 50 years of teaching, Bernard Fryshman wants us to remember the importance of what happens in the traditional college classroom.
Father Guido Was Right
Even if students don't remember a lot of what we teach them, instructors can refine their teaching by considering what they hold on to, writes Rob Weir.
Customer Mentality
The idea of "students as consumers" continues to grow, and to erode key values in higher education, writes Nate Kreuter.
A Call to Embrace Silos
New book, In Defense of Disciplines, questions the rush to interdisciplinary work, and argues that the trend has eroded intellectual life and faculty power.
The Proctor Is In
As students' adherence to the Middlebury honor code wanes, the entire economics department will start proctoring exams to catch cheaters.