Teaching

Study finds that academic and life coaching has a notable influence on student persistence -- especially for males.

With colleges desperate to improve remedial programs, educational tech companies see a growing market for "adaptive" learning software.

David Head asked the question in his classes -- and considers what he learned.

Robert Eisinger makes the case for emphasizing fluidity over concreteness and probability over facts in the college classroom.

ETS says new research shows its program can be superior to human evaluation of college students, but MIT scholar says claims are built on false premises.

UNC-Chapel Hill plans to scale back controversial online Spanish 101 experiment after three semesters.

Educators shouldn't be so quick to embrace a critique of colleges that is based on a narrow testing tool, writes Robert J. Sternberg.

Lynn University in Florida finds a way to answer general critiques of academic quality: a return to a retooled core curriculum.