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The Limitations of Portfolios
Electronic collections help show the range of students' work, but are not standardized or scalable enough to be used for broad assessment purposes, write Richard Shavelson, Stephen Klein and Roger Benjamin.
A Regular Writing Routine
You'll make more progress if you reject two common myths, writes Peg Boyle Single.
Sabbaticals and Layoffs
Should a college doing layoffs simultaneously fund sabbaticals? First, some context. My college doesn't have a publication requirement for faculty...
Math Geek Mom: Women in Science and Math
A long time ago, in a college that now seems to be a galaxy far, far away, I started my...
Open Courses: Free, but Oh So Cheap
The Chronicle's article "Open Courses: Free, but Oh, So Costly" provides one model for open courseware. This M.I.T. model costs...
Coming to a "red state" (near) U
Any real debate is over. Take a look at the following, and then let's talk about whose words these are...
Motherhood After Tenure: furloughs and invisible work
In the last couple of months, my husband and I were both “furloughed”: we were each informed by our respective...
State Universities' Tradition of Attrition
Among all the issues in higher education today, retention once again captures our attention. Most influential is the publication of...