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Trial and Error: Small Victories and Big Questions for Blended Learning
Associated Colleges of the South has worked to expand its commitment to blended and hybrid learning. Results have been mixed, as costs haven't gone down and faculty skepticism hasn't evaporated.
Your Students May Think Machines Teach Them More Than You Do
New study finds young adults believe they learn more from technology than from fellow humans. Experts say such results reinforce need for greater classroom emphasis on how to use technology to pursue knowledge.
U of Florida Rejects Request for White Supremacist to Speak
University says it is blocking event not because of the ideas involved, but for reasons of safety, post-Charlottesville.
University Sees the Power of a T-Shirt
Adam Levine, of the band Maroon 5, may not have ever stepped foot on the campus of Clarion University in...
Is the Search for Happiness Causing Depression?
Our search for happiness might be leading to depression. In today's Academic Minute, the University of Melbourne's Brock Bastian explores...
When Your Students Attend White Supremacist Rallies
Some of those photographed in Charlottesville are students at various colleges, which are now being called on to denounce -- or in some cases expel -- those pictured.
Texas A&M Calls Off White Supremacy Event
University cites security risks after organizers linked their plans to the events of Charlottesville.
Teaching Sociology in 2017
Sociologists talk about teaching in the political now, with an emphasis on critical media literacy, ground rules for a discussion and an understanding that students see sociology classrooms as somewhere to try to make sense of current events.