This article was published on Feb. 1, 2018. Prof. Thornhill now teaches at Western Washington University. The need for students to learn about racism in American society existed long before I began ...

What prompted the idea for the course? I am a huge fan of the animated TV series “The Boondocks,” which aired from 2005 to 2014. The show chronicles, through biting sociological and political ...

Have you or your program conducted and completed the analysis steps? Then, you are ready to begin the Backwards Design process for creating your course and developing learning goals, objectives, and ...

One in 10 students says their professors generally choose homogeneous instructional materials that do not reflect diverse perspectives, according to a recent Student Voice survey by Inside Higher Ed ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Jonathan Cox faced an agonizing decision. He was scheduled to ...

Kendrick Lamar’s impact will be studied. The songwriter and rapper, who broadly reps Compton, CA, had quite a year. The release of his rap diss “They Not Like Us” in 2024 led to five Grammy awards ...

Professors on the tenure track usually have a contract that sets out how we are supposed to divide our time between research, teaching, and service. The most common model, and the one that guides both ...

“Thank you so much for taking the time to treat me like a person,” wrote Stephanie in an email to me. A student in one of my online courses, she had fallen behind and couldn’t see a way forward — ...

I teach people about porn. That’s my job, or part of it, as an assistant professor in the Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies program at Temple University. In January 2023, I launched a brand-new ...

When you write a course description, it is important to keep the following best practices in mind: Use generic terms when referencing software. Only use specific software names if they are the central ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Former Vice President Mike Pence will be teaching a course at Grove City College, the conservative Christian school announced on Thursday. Pence will serve as the distinguished ...

Those who can’t win the presidency, teach. Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who suffered two unsuccessful presidential bids, will be joining the Yale University roster this fall to teach a ...