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Grading Smarter, Not Harder
Historians discuss efforts to evaluate student learning far beyond a grade.
‘Why They Can’t Write’
Author discusses his new book about “killing the five-paragraph essay” and other ways schools and colleges could do a better job of teaching writing.
Opinion
Casting Public Imagination for the Evolving Major
A decline in the English major is a crisis not of marketing but rather of public imagination, argues Jennifer Clifton.
Opinion
The Health of the English Major
Kent Cartwright examines some of the strengths and weaknesses of the English major and reports that the news is not all bad.
Opinion
An Ode to Teacherless Writing Classes
An uncredentialed writing instructor, Gizem Karaali, shares some effective tools learned through trial and error.
‘Why Didn’t I Get an A?’
How do professors respond to regrade requests? One department encourages instructors to pass them up the chain.
Opinion
Impostor Syndrome: Not Exclusive to Women
Such feelings aren't more common in people of any particular gender, observes Roshini Pinto-Powell.
Opinion
Let's Stop the Nonsense
Legislation in California concerning ESL instruction reflects a huge lack of understanding of what it takes for the human brain to learn another language, writes Parviz Parsafar.