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How Accommodating Can (Should) I Be?
As colleges relax the rules to account for students’ real struggles, David Galef asks when accommodations may go too far.
Liberal Arts Microcredentials on the Rise
Badges and certificates aren’t just for technical fields anymore.
MIT Will Stop Asking Faculty Applicants for Diversity Statements
Massachusetts Institute of Technology departments will no longer ask for diversity statements as part of applications for faculty positions, the...
Career Prep Tip: Innovating the Mock Interview
Career centers and other higher education professionals can level up students’ professional interview preparation with one of these ideas.
Assessing Problematic Digital Media Consumption: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Binghamton University Week: Peter Gerhardstein, professor of psychology, examines a new way to...
Busting Myths About Deadline Extensions
A new study shows that students in large courses both prefer and reap benefits from a dual-deadline system, in which the instructor sets exact assignment deadlines but also allows for defined extensions without penalty.
3 Questions for Stanford’s Carissa Little
A conversation with an associate dean of global and online education.
Roman Catholic Colleges in Iowa Explore ‘Strategic Combination’
St. Ambrose and Mount Mercy Universities, two Roman Catholic institutions that lie about 80 miles apart from each other in...