Philip Patterson drove more than two hours to support the Union of Teaching Faculty of Central Michigan University. Patterson, an Ypsilanti senior from Eastern Michigan University, is…
University of Michigan lecturers rallied in late-April to protest the non-reappointment of one of the Lecturers Employment Organization’s top officials, a move some lecturers are calling retaliation…
by Kevin Carey College is the most complicated expensive purchase most people ever make. Houses are relatively easy—you can walk through ahead of time and hire an…
Offices are important. An office is the college instructor's home away from home; in fact, the instructor often spends more time at the office than at home.…
by Kat Kiefer-Newman It was bound to happen in one of my classes. I knew that sooner or later I would be confronted by the fanatical devotion…
Obviously, I'm not a person who likes to say "no" or I wouldn't be teaching for four colleges in four Michigan counties this semester. And no, this…
My first experience with online learning was in July 2003 as a student. This was before the emergence of online social networking as we know it today.…
This past week, there was an article in InsideHigherEd about a professor who found herself yanked from her biology classroom at Louisiana State University after students complained…
Over the years I have given a great deal of thought to grading, incentives, and fairness. One anecdote will illustrate what started me on the road to…
As I've said before, critical thinking is important, but if the students can't figure out how to put their ideas down on the page in a readable…