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A Move to Merit Pay
A Michigan community college is set to transition to performance pay -- using a model its president says could lead the way for other institutions to follow.
Opinion
Thinking About the Public
Serving on the board of a state humanities council, where she judged proposals designed for public impact, left Paula M. Krebs rethinking the way she argues on behalf of the humanities in academe.
The Pulse: Handwriting and Voice Capture
This month's edition of The Pulse podcast examines various services that instructors can use to capture their handwriting or voice to embed into learning modules for the flipped classroom or massive open online courses.
Newly Tenured ... at Colgate, Colorado, Elon, Widener
The following individuals have recently been awarded tenure by their colleges and universities: Colgate University Patrick Crotty, physics and astronomy...
Opinion
Learning to Adapt
Curricular systems and materials that adapt to the learner are emerging slowly but surely as a potentially major force in higher education, Peter Stokes writes.
Three's Company
Stanford University, birthplace of two MOOC companies, decides to work with a nonprofit started by MIT and Harvard.
Opinion
The Mad World of 'Mad Men'
Just in time for the new season, a new book looks at cable TV's hit historical drama about advertising in the 1960s. Scott McLemee grabs the remote control.
Different Medium, Similar Message
Acclaimed director Martin Scorsese delivers the 42nd Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities, arguing for cinema's importance as an object of analysis -- and therefore of preservation.