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U Cumberlands Moves to Sever Ties to Baptists
The University of the Cumberlands is moving to end its formal ties to the Kentucky Baptist Convention. The university has...
Trial and Error: Building a Modern Spanish Learning Platform
Two foreign-language instructors teamed up to work with a publisher on a digital textbook, but the idea didn't fully blossom until much later.
Academic Minute: Xenotransplantation
Today on the Academic Minute, John Loike, a professor of biology at Touro College, explains how animals may help us...
Q&A: Toward Better Assessments in Online Courses
Online learning offers instructors an opportunity to rethink their approach to assessment. A new book hopes to spur that conversation.
Professor, Please Meet Your Instructional Designer
Invisibility of instructional designers is among most surprising -- and to designers themselves, upsetting -- findings of new Inside Higher Ed Survey of Faculty Attitudes on Technology.
The State of Research on Active Learning
Interest in active learning is growing, though many remain uncertain of its value and efficacy. A new literature review offers...
Another Law School Will Close
Valparaiso Law School announced its plans to close less than a month after the Tennessee Higher Education Commission rejected its plan to transfer to a public university in that state.
How Faculty Think About OER
Open educational resources have grown a lot in the past decade, but many faculty members remain skeptical of the benefits...