Teaching

Colleges experiment with metacognition as a means to change behaviors and improve performance.

Lumina releases draft "profile" of what students at various levels should know and be able to do, regardless of discipline; accreditors and private colleges to test it.

While faculty endlessly debate general education and requirements for the major, they should also focus on the potential of electives, writes Dan Edelstein.

If the purpose of a college education is for students to learn, academe is failing, according to Academically Adrift: Limited...

Online-only language courses might be controversial, but some have found Web 2.0 to be a boon for language instruction.

Do the common courses taken by doctoral students need more relevance and creativity?

Guiding undergraduate students can be personally rewarding and support good teaching, a panel of historians notes. So why is it left to chance?

As beleaguered humanities professors gather at MLA conclave, the talk is of budget cuts, tough questions and sometimes uncomfortable strategies.