Survey courses in my department (“The Best-Laid Teaching Schemes,” The Chronicle, March 11) are different from most of our other courses in that they are meant to provide at least a nodding ...

“What’s the point of a survey course?” I’m not sure who asks that question more often — the students who have to take the class or the instructors who have to teach it. It’s no secret that most ...

The literature survey course is taught at most colleges and universities. Its content and pedagogy are debated frequently at disciplinary meetings and in faculty lounges. A new collection of essays ...

Hope College has always had effective, energizing instruction as one main priority. It is this spirit that guides the desire to continuously develop the instructional skills of faculty and academic ...

Regarding Wight Martindale Jr.’s op-ed “This Old Man, He Teaches History” (Nov. 17): After several decades in a business-school classroom, I can concur with the author’s “rule No. 1,” his emphasis on ...

All University of Nevada, Reno courses are now evaluated through online course evaluation software called Eval25, except for those offered by the School of Medicine and USAC and courses that do not ...

Annual spending on college course materials fell to a decade low last academic year, due in large part to the continuing shift toward digital materials. But a new study finds that college students ...