April 20, 2024
By all means, pursue your noble dream of improving the condition of humanity through your research and teaching. Could I do it all again, I would, but I would do things very differently.
March 23, 2024
Education. What does that really mean? Does it imply certain requirements such as a university degree or a high school certificate to succeed in life? What is it exactly that makes a person educated?
February 24, 2024
"By contemporary recommended educational procedures and commonly accepted best practices, Dr. Jensen did it “all wrong.” Yet he became, and remains, my all-time favorite college teache......
December 2, 2020
In remembrance of a great economist and professor, we republish Prof. Williams' essay of advice to any future educator who wants to teach well.
July 21, 2016
Part 3: Service. When you join a committee, you either make your colleagues' workdays easier or make them harder. If the latter, they will remember the fact and it may very well come up at te......
July 21, 2016
Part 2: Teaching. Sage-on-the-stage, the flipped classroom? No need for that. Just avoid a few crucial missteps. Plus: How to raise your students’ grades without inflating them. From First......
July 21, 2016
Part 1: Research. If you are an untenured humanities who is also a religious or social conservative, the bar is set higher for you. Mark Bauerlein is here to offer advice to the untenured professor.&n......
February 3, 2016
Dr. Gordon gives advice to future adjuncts on their journey toward tenure.
January 27, 2016
Walter Williams offers some suggestions for how to become a good teacher.
