Taking Control of the Classroom

By THOMAS BARTLETT

Faculty members devise strategies to keep rude students in order

Document: View the text of a "Contract on Classroom Behavior" that three professors at Western Illinois University ask their students to sign on the first day of class (requires Adobe Reader, available free)

List: Tips for managing a classroom

Colloquy Live: Read the transcript of a live, online discussion with Delaney J. Kirk, a professor of management at Drake University, about how faculty members can deal