Teaching

Faculty members describe different approaches to incorporating sustainability into their classes, in some very different disciplines.

Brown U. considers how to improve students' educational experience -- while not taking away their freedom. Among the strategies: e-portfolios and being overt about priorities.

Temple U.'s new curriculum is built around interdisciplinary study and tied together by themes -- including the "Philadelphia Experience."

University of Richmond unveils online database of concise, cross-linked modules that its creators hope could influence the way history is taught.

A college's new curriculum is designed for the much-changed student population it now serves -- largely low-income, minority "urban learners" (for lack, but not of trying, of a better term).

In-depth study at Kingsborough Community College suggests the potential impact of "learning communities" to get more students doing college-level work.

New national data show that what has been a traumatic decade for computer science departments is finally starting to turn...

As several universities start new MacBook or iPhone giveaways to students, educational and marketing strategies are both in play.