http://chronicle.com/topic/Teaching/101/ Topics :: Teaching Wed, 23 May 2012 06:16:30 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131926/ http://chronicle.com/article/A-Professors-Death-Ripples/131926/ When a star professor at Emory University died, his department had to regroup as it mourned.

]]> Sun, 20 May 2012 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131851/ http://chronicle.com/article/For-Schools-of-Theology-Its/131851/ Amid financial troubles and declining enrollments, the largest challenge may be cultural—seminaries have to adapt to a changing world.

]]> Sun, 13 May 2012 01:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131777/ http://chronicle.com/article/On-Teaching-Awards/131777/ An innovative model seeks to reward good teachers and benefit from them as well.

]]> Mon, 07 May 2012 20:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131815/ http://chronicle.com/article/Law-Professor-Gives-Law/131815/ Professors are underworked and overpaid, and the schools are an increasingly poor career choice for students, writes Brian Tamanaha in a forthcoming book.

]]> Mon, 07 May 2012 10:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131600/ http://chronicle.com/article/What-Graduate-Students-Want-to/131600/ Ph.D. candidates, and even some of their advisers, seem more interested than ever in careers at two-year colleges.

]]> Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131622/ http://chronicle.com/article/Stop-Telling-Students-to-Study/131622/ Giving students traditional tests, especially the sadistic ritual of finals, is not just a waste of their time, it's counterproductive.

]]> Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131541/ http://chronicle.com/article/A-Sikh-Teaches-Introduction/131541/ Rahuldeep Singh Gill says that students who come to his course, whether Christians or not, leave with a deeper understanding of the religion. 

]]> Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131547/ http://chronicle.com/article/For-Women-to-Think/131547/ Creativity and playfulness may offer surprising strategies for closing the gender gap in some STEM fields.

]]> Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131478/ http://chronicle.com/article/The-Professors-Inner-Bitch/131478/ The cause of my classroom distress? If you answered "cellphones," you'd be right. Or partly right.

]]> Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131550/ http://chronicle.com/article/In-College-Classrooms-the/131550/ To what extent has the growth in seriousness of sports at that level contributed to the general dumbing down of public education?

]]> Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131450/ http://chronicle.com/article/Harry-Crews-U-of-Florida/131450/ The author of more than 20 novels and memoirs had a larger-than-life presence on campus and was known for his commitment to teaching as well as for his drinking.

]]> Sun, 08 Apr 2012 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131451/ http://chronicle.com/article/For-Student-Success-Stop/131451/ Colleges could be doing many things to close the degree-attainment gap between the haves and the have-nots, but they're not doing them.

]]> Sun, 08 Apr 2012 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131457/ http://chronicle.com/article/Tribal-Colleges-Offer-Basic/131457/ The institutions, some located on reservations with low rates of education and high unemployment, are increasing their efforts to help solve those problems.

]]> Sun, 08 Apr 2012 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131292/ http://chronicle.com/article/Accreditation-Is-Eyed-as-a/131292/ Many experts say that routinely incorporating standards of support for nontenured faculty into institutional reviews isn't likely to happen soon.

]]> Sun, 25 Mar 2012 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131232/ http://chronicle.com/article/The-Inherent-Unreliability-of/131232/ An experienced law-school adjunct explains why it is not fair or wise to judge instructors solely through student ratings.

]]> Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131225/ http://chronicle.com/article/Exploding-the-Myth-of-the/131225/ The stereotype flies in the face of data showing publications and Nobel prizes go to older faculty members.

]]> Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131224/ http://chronicle.com/article/Why-One-Professor-Retired-and/131224/ After almost 50 years of teaching psychology, James Maas is stepping down. But Joe Regenstein, a professor of food science, says his work is "more and more exciting."

]]> Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131226/ http://chronicle.com/article/Professors-Are-Graying-and/131226/ Older faculty members may have good reasons for sticking around, but the lack of an exit strategy can make it hard for departments to plan for the future.

]]> Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131123/ http://chronicle.com/article/Graduate-Programs-in/131123/ Universities are reluctant to supply the job market with more Ph.D.'s, but professors who love working with graduate students see a bleak future with fewer of them.

]]> Sun, 11 Mar 2012 00:01:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130946/ http://chronicle.com/article/Colleges-Are-Urged-to/130946/ Two advocacy groups say students at institutions with few science offerings should have more options to get quality training at nearby campuses.

]]> Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:01:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130893/ http://chronicle.com/article/College-at-Risk/130893/ Higher education must not become a luxury afforded only to America's elite.

]]> Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:01:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130856/ http://chronicle.com/article/Robert-Glaser-Scholar-Who/130856/ He directed a center on learning research at the University of Pittsburgh for 34 years.

]]> Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:01:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130857/ http://chronicle.com/article/How-Flipping-the-Classroom/130857/ It may not have the gee-whiz factor of high-tech innovation, but changing expectations for what happens in class may prove to be a bigger advance in teaching.

]]> Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:01:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130794/ http://chronicle.com/article/Bucking-the-Knowledge-Factory/130794/ This adjunct is mad as heck, and she isn't going to take it anymore.

]]> Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:01:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130854/ http://chronicle.com/article/Accidental-Activist-Collects/130854/ A writing instructor implored colleagues to contribute to a public spreadsheet about their working conditions. "Let's combine forces," he wrote. And did they ever.

]]> Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:01:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130649/ http://chronicle.com/article/Good-Deeds-That-Are-Most/130649/ Young faculty members who try to help everyone in every way end up hurting their own productivity and careers.

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