In 1994, Susan Whitman received a package in the mail: it was a 12-week lecture series of VHS tapes for a university course on biochemistry, her very first experience with “asynchronous” learning. Read more

The platform for sharing course materials is hiring critical digital pedagogy scholar Sean Michael Morris to help it reinvent how it approaches teaching and learning. Read more

A game of squash, a quick Rachmaninov concert, a brew with a view and then back to studying … the £145m Marshall Building has got the lot, says our writer, even its own Old Curiosity Shop Read more

Parker Christensen, a high school senior from Newaygo, Michigan, received a notification from Central Michigan University (CMU) on January 21 informing him that he had been awarded a prestigious full-ride scholarship to the university. Read more

"Move your eyes, blink, smile. Now try to relax," she says. "We will see if you are a good or bad liar shortly." Read more

Barry Mehler is suing Ferris State for, allegedly, violating his first amendment rights following a viral video in which he called students 'vectors of disease' and made profane statements concerning COVID-19 response. Read more

An award-winning math professor at Grand Valley State University adopted a method of “ungrading” in his upper-level geometry class last fall, allowing students to “convincingly argue” that they deserve a particular final grade for the course, according to the final grade criteria. Read more

Colorado State University (CSU) is promoting resources for students who may be affected by free speech events that occur on campus. Read more

Faculty, administrators and alumni enjoyed maskless, school-sponsored events Northern Illinois University leadership reminded students heading into the new year to follow state and university guidelines that require face coverings indoors. Read more

Multiple underrepresented communities will be represented for the first time at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, with a newly selected president. Read more