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3 Easy-to-Use Digital Tools That Engage Learners
Ben Hommerding provides insights into free and low-cost technologies for creating recordings and videos and enhancing online discussions.
There’s an App for That
While no writing instrument can do the actual work for you, Scott McLemee describes the benefits (and disadvantages) of various note-taking apps.
We Don’t Need No Stinking Thought Leaders
Despite Daniel Drezner’s arguments to the contrary, now is not the “worst of times” for public intellectuals, Jonathan Marks argues.
Writing for Wider Audiences: Structural Challenges for Scholars
Institutional incentives (and barriers) are major reasons why more professors don’t try to bring their ideas to the public, Danielle Cooper and Christine Wolff-Eisenberg argue.
Ethical College Admissions: Should a University Have Trade Secrets?
Jim Jump considers why Princeton and other competitive colleges don't want their internal admissions mechanisms shared.
How Wealthy Chinese Students Game the System
Burgess Mandella offers an inside look at how the favored in China impress American admissions officers.
Paving the Way to More Reliable Research
Stephanie Wykstra describes how scholars and researchers are working to restore confidence in peer-reviewed science.
How Undergraduate Research Drives Science Forward
Unfair biases lead to the undervaluation of the role of such research in the advancement of knowledge, write David S. Rovnyak and George C. Shields.