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Aesthetics on the River
Charlie Tyson reflects on the lessons of beauty and thought learned from rowing and from study of the humanities.
Selling the English Major
At MLA, professors consider how to make the case for their discipline -- and talk about salary prospects -- to prospective students, but also to parents, presidents and politicians.
Bias Against Female Instructors
New analysis offers more evidence against the reliability of student evaluations of teaching, at least for their use in personnel decisions.
Community College Classrooms as 'Democratic Vistas'
At MLA meeting, instructors share philosophy behind their work -- and the practical challenges for new Ph.D.s who might not have a clue about teaching at an open admissions institution.
Doing It Right
Experts weigh in on what the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative needs to do to put the Facebook founder's billions of dollars toward expanding the use of personalized learning.
Another Deep Springs? But With Women
One of the country's most idiosyncratic colleges has inspired an ambitious group of would-be founders, in Sitka, Alaska.
'The Pulse': ProctorU's Don Kassner
This month's edition of the Pulse podcast features an interview with Don Kassner, CEO and president of ProctorU, which provides remote proctoring of online exams.
When More Is Less
New study suggests that when it comes to writing assignments and instruction, quality -- not quantity -- matters most.