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Three new studies raise important questions about merit scholarships. Are they really based on merit? Are they advancing the mission of our institutions? Are they doing any good an[...]

Universities are like doctors that only accept well patients or gyms that require fitness for admission. If you need to lose weight, you should pick a gym that helps people lose we[...]

To read this blog with weblinks, go to http://teachingnaked.com/moocs-meet-your-match-the-mbc/ Educational psychologist, Marilla Svinicki has analyzed the potential learning in MOO[...]

This blog with LINKS at : http://teachingnaked.com/the-first-thing-we-do-kill-all-the-grades/ Most successful organizations are careful to align key practices with the mission. How[...]

The University of Wisconsin has announced the first Bachelor’s degree option to online students based on competency. College Degree, No Class Time Required University of Wisconsin [...]

MOOCs are now for credit. At first, MOOCs seemed harmless enough. Yak herders in Tibet could “audit” courses at Yale or MIT: elite universities were giving away an important resour[...]

I’ve read two great books about college students recently. Ken Bain’s What the Best College Students Do (Harvard, 2012) deeply influenced my teaching this fall as he described ways[...]

Here is a challenge: engage your students with issues around the Presidential election this semester, change their minds about something, but leave them guessing about your politic[...]

Headlines this week a bout the software programs being just as accurate as human readers.http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/04/13/large-study-shows-little-difference-between-h[...]