Teaching

Steve Allred, a provost, reflects on having taught freshmen for the first time in his career.

Survey courses in "Western Civilization," once a common component of undergraduate curriculums, have almost disappeared as a requirement at many...

When you hit an awkward or incorrect sentence in a student essay, writes Mark Longaker, remember the learning process.

To get students more engaged in texts, some professors hold marathon sessions where students read the books out loud.

Some states see the online, competency-based Western Governors U. as a way to boost college completion rates without increasing higher ed spending; some professors see it as a parasite, not a panacea.

To broaden language offerings amid massive budget cuts, Pennsylvania higher ed system says it will offer distance degrees in Arabic.

Showing students how to read critically and formulate research queries is part of the teaching function of college libraries. But...

Study of freshman research papers suggests students don't really understand the sources they cite.