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Test Anxiety
Purdue's politician turned president wants a nationally normed measure of what students learn -- and he's tired of waiting. Professors want meaningful assessment but aren't sold on standardized exams.
Teaching With Technology
Teaching With Technology is our latest compilation of articles. As with other such print-on-demand booklets, the articles group together pieces...
A Day Without Adjuncts
With National Adjunct Walkout Day a month away, interest grows, and it is prompting discussions among faculty leaders. But many supporters feel the need to back the effort in ways other than walking off the job.
Major Exodus
English departments at U. of Maryland and elsewhere respond to drop-offs -- some of them steep -- in English majors.
Reassessing Faculty Assessment
Association of American Colleges and Universities session focuses on what happens when institutions move beyond a basic teaching-scholarship-service model of faculty assessment.
Writing Wrongs?
Arizona State, facing criticism, agrees to pay more to some composition instructors assigned extra sections. But the university refuses to back down on courseloads that violate disciplinary standards.
Intellectual Connections
Association of American Colleges and Universities highlights integrative liberal learning at annual meeting. But what is it?
'Finding Common Cause'
New book argues that benefits of fostering better relationships between academics and policy makers in international affairs are underestimated.