This essay is excerpted from a new Chronicle special report, “Building a Faculty that Flourishes,” available in the Chronicle Store. Mention peer review of teaching in a faculty meeting, and you’re ...

This policy supports The University of Texas at San Antonio’s (UTSA) vision of providing access to educational excellence to its students. It recognizes the essential contribution of its faculty ...

(This is the third post in a four-part series. You can see Part One here and Part Two here.) Part Two in this series included commentaries by Rita Platt, Paul Solarz, Laurie Buffington, Dr. Laura ...

Peer-to-peer teaching is one of the most effective methods for lasting learning. To this end, the chemistry department at UAB hires highly qualified undergraduates to lead recitation and laboratory ...

Peer review is often a key part of writing programs in higher ed, but many learning management systems lack the features to facilitate the reviewing process. So when Val Ross, director of the Critical ...

For decades, curriculum, pedagogy, and technology have evolved to meet the changing needs of students. But in many schools, the classroom environment itself hasn’t kept pace. Classic layouts that ...

(This is the last post in a four-part series. You can see Part One here; Part Two here, and Part Three here.) The new question-of-the-week is: What are effective strategies for having students teach ...