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OER Beyond Voluntarism

The drive for open educational resources is unlikely to take hold without more commercial support and incentives for faculty members and other stakeholders, Brian Jacobs argues.

In-Class Writing, 2014 Edition

As a new academic year begins, Ulf Kirchdorfer contemplates the end of cursive, having his composition students write essays on their smartphones, and more.

Shore Leave

A sociologist looks at what happens when a third of the world's wealth hides in tax havens. Scott McLemee watches him slice the globaloney.

Learn Your Students' Names

Daniel F. Chambliss writes about why professors need to -- and how they can do so.

Reengineering Retention

Colleges need to focus on the right strategies for their institutions, not satisfying bureaucratic targets, writes Christopher B. Nelson.

F for 2014

After another year in the trenches, Wick Sloane gives himself a failing grade on changing his students' lives (and policy makers' minds).

The Digital Natives Are Restless

Judith Shapiro asks if academe is paying sufficient attention to all of the ways in which technology is changing the role of the professor and faculty-student interaction.

From Elvis to the Boss

So you want to be a rock 'n' roll star? Scott McLemee reports on a book tracing the role's history.