The Teaching Professor | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

There are a myriad of answers to this seemingly simple question. Grading probably comes to mind for many faculty, but there is certainly more to the challenge of teaching than that. Some teachers blame students they deem ill-prepared, unmotivated, ungrateful...

A version of this article appears in The Best of the 2023 Teaching Professor Online Conference (Magna Publications, 2024). Learn about the 2024 conference here.
Fears of disingenuous work, fraudulent and stolen information, and theft of intellectual property have been swirling around education circles, especially since the release of ChatGPT and other forms of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). These...

Students often struggle academically due to an inability to organize their lives around achievable goals. Students beyond early adulthood may have already reached certain personal goals but now must balance their priorities, time, and resources in striving...

Hey, you. Yes, you. When was the last time you told your students, colleagues, or (gulp) administrators how thankful you were for them? Or jotted down a gratitude list as you went about your workday?
Gratitude is a tough sell for many academics. For people critical by both nature and training, thankfulness can feel too facile. Too naive. “Gratitude’s for other people,” we sneer, “not for rigorous intellectuals like us!”...