Faculty
Debate Over MOOCs Reaches Harvard
At a gathering this week, faculty members expressed interest in innovative teaching methods but questioned the effectiveness of the MOOC approach.
On Course
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What We Don't Talk About on the Admissions Tour
Real, heartfelt stories about learning would inspire prospective students far more than another glossy brochure.
- Why They Don't Apply What They Learn, Part 3
- Why They Don't Apply What They've Learned, Part 2
The Adjunct Track
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10 Ways to Get Yourself Fired
Whatever you do as a non-tenure-track faculty member, don't do any of these things.
- Dodgy Definitions of Merit
- An Adjunct's View
Featured Articles
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Do Poor Career Prospects Radicalize Imams?
A doctoral student at Harvard says Muslim clerics with weak professional networks are more likely to preach violence. -
Why Do Historians Insist on Dividing Us?
Human relations have been characterized by contact and interconnection more than by conflict and antagonism.
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Writing With Soul
One of the problems with much scholarly writing is that it often seems to come straight from central processors.
More on Teaching
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Alan Alda Is Honored for Using Improv to Help Scientists Communicate
Mr. Alda played a central role in creating a center at the State University of New York at Stony Brook that helps researchers explain their findings to a general audience.
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Colleges Must Help Prepare Students for Higher Education, Report Says
Campuses should take a more direct role in elementary and secondary education, says the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.
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Habits of Mind: Lessons for the Long Term
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After the Buzz: How the Embrace of MOOC's Could Hurt Middle America
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That's Dr. So-and-So to You
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Against Reading Lists
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Mob Rule, Political Intrigue, and the Occasional Assassination
- Some Artists Really Are Too Cool for School
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Auburn Students Become Small-Town Citizens for the Summer
- There's No Learning When Nobody's Listening
