Faculty Issues

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

A regional accreditor pushes the boundaries of how to assess its colleges and universities -- including a focus on how they measure student learning.

The plight of the faculty's invisible majority -- adjuncts -- takes center stage at collective bargaining conference.

Community colleges piloting Voluntary Framework of Accountability say they see value in project but complain of difficulty collecting data.

At Forum on Education Abroad conference, practitioners describe a wide array of tools and research projects under way to better gauge academic gains in overseas learning.

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

Ask many a college president about assessment of student learning at his or her institution, and the first thing you...

New guidelines for teaching writing seek to build "habits of mind" instead of touting specific methods.