In Focus - Teaching and Learning

Looking to expand its alliances in higher ed, the publicly edited online encyclopedia holds an academic conference.

At MIT, professors grapple with how to teach students to communicate about numbers in clear English.

To help set itself apart, McPherson emphasizes entrepreneurship, an unconventional step for a liberal arts college.

The authors of Academically Adrift may be letting black students off the hook, to the students' own detriment, writes Roy L. Beasley.

One of the most diverse foreign language programs in the country is at a community college in New Jersey.

As classroom devices proliferate, institutions look to campuswide adoptions to ease costs for students.

Colleges should integrate liberal arts into business majors to produce better professionals, Carnegie Foundation report argues.

A community college examines courses with the highest failure rates, and changes a series of policies.