This week, practicing inclusive teaching by leveling the playing field for nontraditional students, and the results of ACE's 2017 survey of higher ed presidents. Read more
Category: News
This week, resources and advice for working with diverse students, including first-generation and parent learners. Read more
This week, a Nobel Prize-winning professor advises institutions to implement research-based teaching methods and measure their impact on students' learning, and instructors suggest that their peers use student evaluations to improve their teaching. Read more
A new study finds that students prefer authentic instructors, and professors use current events and controversial rhetoric as teaching tools. Read more
Quality Matters (QM), a leader in quality assurance of online and blended learning, has awarded its nationally recognized Quality Matters Certification to the Association of College and University Educators’ (ACUE) Course in Effective Teaching Practices. Following QM’s in-depth evaluation... Read more
Both new and longtime instructors share their tips for other educators, and one professor offers advice for reducing fail rates. Read more
A community college professor gives her class a boost with an active learning technique called the jigsaw exercise. Read more
This week, a report highlights how culturally responsive teaching techniques can boost student achievement, and one professor describes the benefits of using music in the classroom. Read more
This week, degree-granting programs for students with cognitive disabilities are becoming more widespread, and Alan Alda uses his celebrity status to promote engagement in science courses. Read more
Today’s postsecondary students are increasingly being taught by part-time faculty. Currently, contingent faculty—part-time and full-time non-tenure-track faculty—are responsible for about 75 percent of college and university instruction, and that number is expected to increase each year for the foreseeable... Read more