Teaching

More colleges are issuing digital badges to help their students display skills to employers or graduate programs, and colleges are tapping vendor platforms to create a verified form of the alternative credentials.

We in higher education now serve more students with more stress than ever before, yet we have done little to learn about the strategies to help them better manage it, argues Karen Costa.

By Karen Costa

College of Charleston professor says he's been forced out of a job for refusing to list learning outcomes to please an accreditor. He's suing and says academic freedom is being violated.

Philadelphia-based start-up Yellowdig is betting it can help students connect with their peers -- and faculty members understand what captures students' attention.

This month's edition of the “Pulse” podcast features an interview with Jason Gad, vice president of business development at ExamSoft.

Should an HBCU founded by black Civil War veterans shutter its history department, against the recommendation of a faculty committee?

With lawsuit seeking the right to keep guns out of their classrooms, three UT Austin professors try to reshape the debate over campus carry.

Vassar professors want to reduce their teaching loads, but some question a new plan to do so at the expense of course offerings.