When NYU chemistry professor Maitlan Jones was fired following student complaints that his course was too difficult (“NYU’s Firing of a Chemistry Professor Caused a Furor. Here’s What He Has to Say ...

University physics and astronomy programmes are in a period of rapid transition. Shifts in student demographics, technological acceleration, and growing ...

Student learning outcomes (SLOs) allow us to determine whether students are reaching the goals and objectives that we want them to achieve. They are expressed as specific statements describing the ...

Editor’s note: This article is part of Teaching the Adult Learner: Practical Strategies for Higher Ed Success, a six-part series exploring how colleges can better support nontraditional students.

Although we surveyed only one college, our results align with similar studies, providing an emerging picture of the technology’s use in higher education. Between December 2024 and February 2025, we ...

There’s a consensus in science education that science should be something students actually get to do—that learning how to employ investigative methods to test hypotheses is just as important as ...

Active learning puts students at the center of the learning process by encouraging them to engage, reflect, and apply what they’re learning in meaningful ways. Rather than passively receiving ...

Dozens of studies have come out over the past months concluding that the pandemic had a negative—and uneven—effect on student learning. National analyses have shown that students who were already ...

Self-assessments encourage students to reflect on their skills, knowledge, learning goals, and progress in a course. These practices can range from quick, low-stakes check-ins on lecture content to in ...