Faculty

New book unveils faculty-led effort to chart concepts and competencies students should learn in six academic disciplines, with plan to create standardized tests. Will faculty members warm to this version of "learning outcomes"?

Literally walking side by side with students while teaching a class can bring unexpected benefits, writes Del Doughty.

By Del Doughty

On college campuses, voter turnout is low. But voting behavior varies widely across disciplines and regions, a new study finds.

John Fea, a history chair, describes what he learned on his daughter's college tours about the presence or absence of a liberal arts ethos.

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Recent incidents at DePaul and UC Irvine raise the question of what obligations a college has to make sure that protesters -- while objecting to an event -- can't shut it down or block its ideas from being heard.

Indiana U says important research on Alzheimer's disease is imperiled by new state abortion law.

More community colleges are moving away from relying on placement exams alone to figure out whether incoming students need remediation, but establishing a substitute system can be tricky.

Dick Gregory writes that students who are protesting against a dean who recommended his autobiography should think about which battles matter the most.

By Dick Gregory