"Professor Janowitz, can you write me a letter of recommendation?" Each time I receive this request, I pause for a moment: Is this a good path for this student? In this case, the e-mailed request gave ...

Lawmakers who think higher education is broken -- and that “innovation” and more assessment can fix it -- would learn a lot from seeing the learning process up close and personal, Bernard Fryshman ...

Why do they come? Thirty-seven smiling young faces in a classroom look up at me, oozing confidence that I will teach them successfully and help them pass the course. I confide in them: the course ...