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Why I Require Office Hours Visits

The policy has significant benefits for both the instructor and the students, who appreciate being incentivized to do something that actually helps them, writes Zachary Nowak.

UNC’s $97 Million Plan to Reach Adult Online Learners

University of North Carolina will create an internal unit to build and manage online programs from the system’s 17 campuses for learners largely ignored by many universities.

New Programs: Forest Business, Technology, Data Science

Auburn University is starting an online master of science in the forest business and investment. Purdue University Northwest is starting...
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What Video Games Can Teach About Teaching

Why have students—many of whom are video-game players—so disliked the virtual learning environments of their colleges and universities? JT Torres asks and suggests some answers.

Online Course Provider Shops More Affordable College Credits

TEL Education partners with institutions to offer high school students a low-cost way to start their college careers. Critics worry about quality and transferability.

New Programs: Professional Communication, Data Science, Business, Public Health

Grace College is offering a major in professional communication. Lake Superior State University is starting a B.S. in data science...

The Full-Time Faculty Factor

Professors from across New York’s public colleges say that all students, regardless of race or what campus they’re on, should have equal opportunities to study with full-time professors. Those chances are now concentrated on predominantly white campuses, one analysis suggests.
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Creating a Compassionate Classroom

It’s the environment where students reap the most educational and social-emotional benefits, write Hannah L. Schacter, Shanique G. Brown, Ana M. Daugherty, Susanne Brummelte and Emily Grekin.