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Do Econ Grad Students Need a Teaching Bailout?
Relatively few doctoral programs require for-credit courses on how to lead a class, a study finds -- while another finds most new Ph.D.’s still feel prepared.
The Depressed History Job Market
As analysis suggests decline of 15 percent or more in openings, those on the job market and those hiring ponder choices and trade rumors about next searches to be called off.
Historians Reject Proposed Boycott
Members vote to hold special sessions in San Diego hotel owned by backer of Proposition 8, rather than risk financial calamity by breaking a contract for 2010 meeting.
History Beyond the Nation-State
Advocates for "transnational" studies see their field growing and starting to put down institutional roots -- in a challenge to traditional modes of global study.
Proving the Benefits of Peer Instruction
Students appear to learn when they share ideas in class -- but are they just taking cues from smart peers? A study suggests otherwise.
'Tricks of the Trade'
SAN FRANCISCO -- Here’s a shocker: The one-night stand may be being replaced by long-term monogamous relationships when it comes...