college teaching

Why Your Students Remember More by Reading – Especially Print

by Naomi S. Baron During the pandemic, many college professors abandoned assignments from printed textbooks and turned instead to digital texts or multimedia coursework. As a professor of linguistics, I have been studying how electronic communication compares to traditional print when it comes to learning. Is comprehension the...

Malaysia’s Largest University Looks to Trim Jobs of 600 Part-time Lecturers After Funding Cut

by Rahimi Yunus Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) is likely to terminate its part-time lecturer program and trim its strategic plan after funding was slashed under Budget 2021 announced this month..

The Not-So-Free Speech Argument Against Teaching Law as an Adjunct

by Eugene Volokh Over the years, many successful lawyers have asked me how they might get an adjunct teaching job—a part-time job teaching one specialty class in a subject they.

Why Grammar Matters

by Laurie Ann Britt-Smith After 20 years of teaching academic writing to both native speakers and English language learners, I can attest that at some point, just about everyone asks me why, or even whether, grammar matters. There is more than one way to define...

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.

Share These 4 Tips With Your Students to Help Them Avoid Procrastinating with their Online Work

by Kul Xie and Sheng-Lun Cheng If you teach classes online, chances are you your students probably procrastinate from time to time. Research shows that more than 70% of college students procrastinate,.

Jumping off the Adjunct and onto the Full-Time Track in the Time of COVID-19

by Andrew M. Abernathy Nearly one year ago, before COVID-19 engulfed us all, something spectacular happened—the long awaited call came. After more than two years of a nationwide job search, I finally had the chance to become a “real” college professor at a major, R1...

Most Universities Are Going Hybrid—Mixing Online and In-Person Teaching

Most universities in the United States have chosen to offer a mix of in-person and online instruction in the coming academic year as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and.

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.

Do Outdoor Classes Hold Promise for In-Person Learning Amid COVID-19?

by Tracy Birdwell and Tripp Harris When it comes to conducting classes this fall, most colleges seem to be stuck between holding in-person or remote classes, or some combination of the two. As a researcher who focuses on the design of educational spaces, I believe there’s a...

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