Filter & Sort
Filter
SORT BY DATE
Order

Crossing a Line?

Reed student creates stir by saying that he was banned from class after disputing statistic on sexual assault. The college, though, says he had a pattern of behavior that was disruptive for reasons unrelated to what he was arguing.
Opinion

Texting Off in Class

Stephen T. Ziliak is declaring war on texting during class.
Opinion

Obama and Walker: Both Wrong

The president and the Wisconsin governor are both placing too much emphasis on a narrow vision for higher education that won't help students with their careers or true learning, write Matthew T. Hora, Ross J. Benbow and Amanda K. Oleson.
Opinion

Motivating Faculty to Teach Online

In the second part of a series on the influence of MOOCs on faculty behavior, Marie Norman offers suggestions for how administrators can use the courses to encourage professors to teach online.
Opinion

Learning From MOOCs

Teaching massive open online courses can encourage instructors’ good (and bad) habits. Marie Norman explores how we can use what we learn to improve teaching.

Whose History?

Historians condemn recent attempt by Oklahoma legislature to defund AP American history curriculum for being too "negative."
Opinion

Teaching the Global 1%

Will Fenton describes what it's like to be an instructor of students who assume that everything can be bought.

Cheating or Collaboration?

Computer science department at U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign rescinds a threat to crack down on students sharing code online.