This essay is excerpted from a new Chronicle special report, “Building a Faculty that Flourishes,” available in the Chronicle Store. Mention peer review of teaching in a faculty meeting, and you’re ...

Student evaluations of teaching (SET) are a popular measure of teaching effectiveness, which center students’ perspectives. However, research shows that SET scores have limitations, including ...

Higher education has a problem: When students are isolated due to online learning, they miss out on valuable opportunities to build social skills that will carry them to success as they pursue their ...

This toolkit was designed by the Teaching and Learning Center, the Office of Assessment and Accreditation, and the Office of Faculty Advancement at Drexel University to support faculty and academic ...

Over the past few decades, colleges and universities have become increasingly corporatized, to the point that students are seen as consumers who are recruited through promises of a safe and wonderful ...

Student evaluations of my spring English composition course arrived the other day, and I read them with the usual stew of satisfaction, frustration, and puzzlement. The numbers looked good, and I ...

Establishing a peer review of teaching process and community culture is not easy and takes time. Following recommendations from literature, research, and colleagues can help. A synthesis of this work ...

In our experience, peer-feedback or peer-review exercises offer a distinct opportunity in the classroom: students can benefit from both giving and receiving written input from others in all ...

Student peer assessments provide opportunities for classmates to give and receive meaningful feedback, building valuable skills for both reviewers and recipients. Reviewers develop the ability to ...

A lonely first-year student meets with a SEAL ambassador to talk about strategies for finding the right fit in a student organization. A struggling chemistry major schedules a Rinella tutoring session ...

To incorporate near-peer teaching into a curriculum, use a planning and implementation framework to design your curriculum. Take the following questions into consideration: Now that you have planned ...