Faculty

Academic leaders decry “ideological hit” on Center for Civil Rights at UNC Chapel Hill.

Byung-Chul Han’s In the Swarm: Digital Prospects describes how our society is well down the road toward a dramatically different, digital world. Much harder to discern, writes Scott McLemee, is where, or if, Han sees an off-ramp.

By Scott McLemee

Setting goals can help students do better academically, and shorter-term, tangible goals are most effective, paper finds.

Does group work really help all students? Margaret Finnegan explores how to help diverse learners navigate it successfully.

By Margaret Finnegan

A $20 million project from National U seeks to combine adaptive courseware, predictive analytics and competency-based learning with a goal of better serving adult students.

To protest the high prices charged by their publisher, Springer, the editors of the Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics will start a rival journal that will be free for all to read.

Beyond offering opportunities to communicate quickly with family, friends and even teachers, texting also provides some intellectual benefits, argue Missy Watson and Madhuri Karak.

By Madhuri Karak and Missy Watson