Teaching

Ohio's Hiram College stakes its future on ability to attract enough students willing to embrace a new, more interdisciplinary, experiential curriculum.

The University of Rhode Island managed to boost its student completion rates and change its gen-ed curriculum while recovering from the budget slashing of the recession.

Essay on "erotics of mentorship" sets off debate about whether sexuality has any place in academic relationships.

Researchers challenge conventional wisdom and past studies linking widely promoted educational experiences to timely college completion.

Southern Illinois Carbondale's proposal that alumni volunteers do faculty work (without pay) doesn't go over well.

Engineering students in Michigan will troubleshoot circuits and then swap findings with students in Ireland to complete their projects.

A New Jersey community college investigates a professor for cursing at conservative student who argued that men are sexually harassed, too.

Carol Marchetti provides tips for teaching your students how to make the most of working in groups.