Teaching with Technology
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Escalation in Digital Sleuthing Raises Quandary in Classrooms
Technology has made finding plagiarism easier. Now students can vet their work against the same database that professors use.
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Online Programs Face New Demands From Accreditors
Accreditors and the U.S. Department of Education go head-to-head over online learning.
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How Technology Can Improve Online Learning
The president of an online university says the quality of education is largely independent of the mode of delivery.
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Foreign-Language Instruction, Digitally Speaking
Driven by growing demand, cost savings, and pedagogical innovations, several colleges are experimenting with hybrid or fully digital teaching methods.
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READ THE FULL REPORT: Online Learning
Diversity in Academe 2011
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Educators Start Early to Create a College-Going Culture Among Hispanics in Texas
Institutions like South Texas College are pairing up with local school officials to reach out to students, even in kindergarten.
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All Together: the Role of Latino Families in Higher Education
Colleges looking to serve Hispanic students must also serve their family members.
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A Road Map to Their Future: What Latino Students Need to Graduate
Lessons from the University of Texas-Pan American point to what's important in helping Latino students get a degree.
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Diversity in Academe: Read the Full Special Report
Quality & Assessment
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Graduation Rates Fall at One-Third of 4-Year Colleges
Campus officials cite competing priorities, longer time to degree, and students' difficult financial straits.
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Measure or Perish
The debate over student learning should be about who gets to design the measuring stick and who decides how it will be used.
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30 Ways to Rate a College
There's no real consensus among college-ranking systems as to what makes an institution great. But almost nobody checks into student outcomes.
- READ THE FULL REPORT: Measuring Stick
Great Colleges to Work For 2011
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Interactive: Great Colleges to Work For 2011
The Chronicle's fourth annual survey asked faculty and staff to assess their employers as workplaces. Use our tool to find out which colleges excel in which areas.
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Forum: The Future of Faculty Unions
Will collective bargaining survive in its current form? Do we want it to? See what six commentators had to say.
- Bridging the Generational Tech Gap
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Professor Mom: Finding Work-Family Balance Despite the Odds
The Almanac of Higher Education
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Finance: A Reset for Higher Education
To understand what needs to be done now, we need to first understand the changes pressuring our enterprise: deficits, demographics, and demand.
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The Profession: More Pressure on Faculty Members, From Every Direction
Changes in the American professoriate's employment patterns and work life are the greatest we have seen in over half a century.
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Student Demographics: As Students Change, Colleges Must Follow
Where will we find the new graduates that President Obama calls for? Not among the affluent young people who are already likely to attend college.
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Technology: The CIO of the Future—A Problem-Solver and a Knowledge-Builder
Making decisions about which technologies to acquire requires wise choices, with little room for error.
- READ THE FULL REPORT: Almanac of Higher Education, 2010
Developing online and blended learning programs requires research and collaboration. Learn how top technology companies are partnering with campuses across the country to advance online learning as it becomes an increasingly important aspect of higher education.
