Is it plagiarism when a colleague borrows your syllabus and then uses it in its entirety for his own course? A former student asks to borrow a book. She assumes I have it because, after all, “we’re ...

Joseph A. Howley knew getting students to read his syllabus, even in a class that emphasized close reading, would be a struggle. So in 2015, Mr. Howley, an assistant professor of classics at Columbia ...

Imagine signing up to go on a really exciting trip. It could be roaming the savannahs of Africa, strolling the foothills of the Himalayas, or diving on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. You ...

The UNC System is working on a policy to give the public a way to understand what content is being taught in classrooms.

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Florida is considering a move that would give people a closer look at what’s being taught in its public universities — another potential flash point as conservative-led states ...

This year, Columbia’s required “Great Books” of Western Civilization course, called “Literature Humanities,” made a seemingly benign decision that has caused quite a lot of controversy. I’m chair of ...

When I was an undergrad in the ’90s, there was little more exciting than the first day of class. What will my professor be like? What books will I be reading? How many papers will I have to write?