Teaching

California's community colleges toughen graduation requirements. Some see changes as overdue; others fear standards are too high.

While many professors still distrust the popular encyclopedia, some have joined a new effort in which they will work with students to improve entries.

A Texas Tech professor replaces traditional textbooks with a cartoon story -- and finds that students respond.

Georgia Gwinnett has boosted retention by giving its faculty smartphones and encouraging students to call them.

In an effort to improve its disappointing retention rates, Portland State University will increase its team of academic advisers from...

CHICAGO -- Like many advocacy groups, higher education associations are notoriously self-referential (if not self-reverential). They're quick to promote the...

Timothy A. Bennett strives toward a new vision for the foreign language department. “You can think of a university as...

WASHINGTON -- The future of Advanced Placement is changing, and the College Board is taking steps to ensure that AP...