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Converting Reading Teachers
Community college instructors across disciplines can teach reading comprehension, thanks to an expanding training program that is winning believers.
Professors Band Together in Employment Lawsuit
Seven former business professors take a private college in Kentucky to court for laying them off midway through the college's academic year.
History Job Openings Drop
American Historical Association analysis sees drop for second year in a row.
Opinion
The Course is Dead. Long Live the Course.
The pushes toward modular instruction and competency-based education are significant, but don't expect traditional forms of teaching to disappear, writes Dan Butin.
Advising Freshmen, Empowering Faculty
It's hard to offer meaningful advising to new students before they arrive on campus. But Sewanee says it can be done, with professors making key decisions.
Opinion
The Eyes Have It
If a picture is worth a thousand words, how about a Venn diagram or a schematic diagram? Scott McLemee considers a book on the visual presentation of knowledge.
The Quest for Critical Thinking
The Quest for Critical Thinking is a free compilation of essays -- in print-on-demand format -- on how colleges seek...
'Aspiring Adults Adrift'
In a new book, the authors of Academically Adrift return to report on how the same cohort of "meandering" students are faring after graduation. It's not a pretty picture.