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Students are Coming to College Less Prepared–They Need our Help

We must take steps to help students catch up before we lose even more of them. by Kathryn Boucher By June, many U.S. colleges and universities have traditionally stopped accepting applications for admission and have a good sense of who will be in their incoming...

It’s Time to Diversify and Modernize Science Teaching

The Black Lives Matter movement and the pandemic reveal a need for more inclusive science education. by Dr. Stephanie Knezz Picture yourself in an introductory college chemistry class. What does.

Profs Need to Prepare Students to Succeed in Team-Based Work: Here’s How

by Debra Mashek In just a few months, throngs of college graduates are entering the workforce. Many may not be ready. Employers rate “ability to work in teams” as the.

Here’s How College Students Who Lack Basic Skills Can Learn to Love Reading and Writing

by Richard Leon Linfield I taught basic English writing at two community colleges in New Mexico before I retired in 2019. My students tended to be motivated; otherwise, they wouldn’t have been in college at all. Yet many had difficulty concentrating and understanding what they...

Here’s How to Make Your Courses Rigorous Without Assigning Piles of Homework

by KC Kulver How hard should it be to earn a college degree? When the book “Academically Adrift” appeared in 2011, it generated widespread concern that college was not effectively educating students.

How Keeping a Diary Helps Students Learn Foreign Languages

Using a diary after each lesson helped students consolidate what they had learned in class and reflect on the new language connections they had made. by Argyro Kanaki and Susana.

Student-Designed Video Games Made me Rethink How I Teach History

by Adam Clulow Imagine you’re a young samurai in Japan in 1701. You have to make a difficult choice between an impoverished life in exile, or the prospect of almost certain death while trying to avenge the death of your dishonored lord. Which do you...

COVID-19 Has Transformed University Teaching – Here’s What We Should Stick With

by Paul Cowell COVID-19 has been extraordinarily challenging for universities and students, and the disruption will likely persist beyond the rollout of a vaccine. The demands on academic staff and.

Five Simple Strategies to Deter Student Cheating

by Clifton J. Fong and Megan Krou Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic caused many U.S. colleges to shift to remote learning in the spring of 2020, student cheating has been.

Tips on How Faculty Can Root out Their own Biases in the Classroom

by Lasana D. Kazembe I’m a professor who has spent the last 10 years preparing new teachers to enter the workforce. I also study how race, culture and power influence education and childhood development at a time when more than half of the roughly 50 million...