by Jodi Menees I have a friend who teaches online at over 10 institutions and I was shocked when she told me that she does not give out her phone number and does not think online students need access to their instructors that way. I have...
Recently I dipped in to the January 11, 2010 edition of the world's best magazine, I mean, The New Yorker. There I found "After the Blowup," an essay by John.
Folks new to the college experience, whatever their age or pathway, are expecting teachers. The trouble is that teaching is a whole other profession, with a completely different educational profile,.
Last semester I walked into a class that I had been petitioning to teach since I began at this particular school. It is a class on the dark and brooding subject of death. When I first talked with the department chair about this class, and about...
Last semester I walked into a class that I had been petitioning to teach since I began at this particular school. It is a class on the dark and brooding.
I teach at a brick and mortar University one night a week and all the buzz in the break room has been about what everyone is doing for Spring Break.
Despite the many social and demographic changes that have resulted in colleges and universities welcoming a wider variety of non-traditional students (from returning women to life-long learners) the biggest chunk of our students will likely be relatively fresh out of high school, and still in need...
According to Allbusiness.com, the definition of job security is "Freedom from the fear of dismissal or job loss." In academe, the traditional definition of job security has been the tenure.
Some days I really love chili peppers. I mean all kinds: habanera, jalapeno, serrano, the band from the 80s and 90s, and also the RateMyProfessor.com chilies. As I get older,.
This column follows immediately on last week’s post about geek kits. Today, instead of materials, I want to talk about encouraging time management practices in our students. In my column about getting students to read, I discussed one aspect of this, that of setting expectations for...
