At the Engage 2017 conference in Chicago, guests enjoyed an array of sessions that touched on topics ranging from active learning to the future of textbooks. Here are some of the most important things we learned about innovation and storytelling. Higher education can learn from Silicon Valley Universities that have bureaucratic and slow-moving decision-making processes […]
In the past two decades, centers for teaching and learning have popped up at just about every post-graduate school in North America. But for most of their history, universities and colleges were institutions where disciplinary expertise was established and ultimately disseminated. Teaching—and the study of how students learn—was an afterthought. By the early 1960s, the […]
After a federal judge stayed President Trump’s travel ban blocking entry from several Muslim-majority countries, including Iran, some students stranded abroad have now returned to the U.S.
2017 educational trends include being innovative, doing less with more and looking for new sources for resources and inspiration
With more than 21,000 responses collected, Top Hat is proud to share the results of the 2016 Professor Pulse survey — a global survey that taps into professors’ thoughts on the current state of higher education. Check out the 2016 Professor Pulse Now’s your chance to contribute to the 2017 Professor Pulse! Whether you’re a […]