Teaching

To get students more engaged in texts, some professors hold marathon sessions where students read the books out loud.

Some states see the online, competency-based Western Governors U. as a way to boost college completion rates without increasing higher ed spending; some professors see it as a parasite, not a panacea.

To broaden language offerings amid massive budget cuts, Pennsylvania higher ed system says it will offer distance degrees in Arabic.

Showing students how to read critically and formulate research queries is part of the teaching function of college libraries. But...

Study of freshman research papers suggests students don't really understand the sources they cite.

New guidelines for teaching writing seek to build "habits of mind" instead of touting specific methods.

Dickinson looks to infuse liberal education into military training -- and to get similar colleges to build ties to the armed forces.

An instructor and a student share lessons they learned from a class in which university students taught Russian literature at a juvenile correctional facility.