Year-End Roundup: Our Top 5 Posts for Higher Ed Instructors in 2019

Teaching Trends

Reading Time: 2 minutesKatie Montgomery is the Executive Manager of Marketing Content at Cengage. She’s got a passion for animal rescue and loves providing content to help make teaching life a little easier for faculty.   This has been a big year for content at Cengage. We relaunched Today’s Learner just last summer and are happy to share […]

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Reflecting on a Landmark Year for Affordability and Student Value in Higher Education

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Reading Time: 2 minutesBy: Cengage Communications Team Published: December 26, 2019   From saving college students over $100 million on course materials to adding a free Career Center in Cengage Unlimited, we’ve achieved a number of key milestones in 2019 to help ensure college is more affordable and accessible for all students. Here are some of the highlights from […]

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Is College Worth It? One Student Weighs In

Career Readiness

Reading Time: 6 minutesWith the rising cost of tuition and substantial time commitment college requires, students need to feel like their investment is worthwhile. According to our study, nearly 90 percent of students cited getting a better job as the reason to attend college. Although many students indicated their overall college experience was positive, only an approximate one-third […]

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Hello, 2020: What Students and Educators are Looking Forward To [VIDEO]

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Reading Time: < 1 minute2019 was a big year in higher education, from a greater focus on affordability, to an increase in accessible enrollment options. Our prediction? 2020 will be even bigger, with new opportunities to succeed in the classroom and beyond. What do students and educators from around the world hope to achieve in the upcoming year? We […]

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How To Do It All: Managing your Life and Time as an Instructor

Women in Higher Education

Reading Time: 2 minutesJanet Mizrahi is a continuing lecturer of professional writing at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is also an author at BizCommBuzz. For instructors, time management is critical. We all know professors who are in a constant state of stress. Whether they’re behind with grading, scurrying to finish a proposal or an article or […]

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4 Tips to Engage with Non-Majors in Your Courses

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJanet Mizrahi is a Continuing Lecturer in the UCSB Writing Program, where she has taught journalism, science writing, and business/professional writing since 1999. She also blogs for BizComBuzz. As a writing instructor on a campus with no writing major, I have a bit of experience teaching non-majors—more than 20 years’ worth. In almost every class I’ve […]

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Great Teachers Make All the Difference [VIDEO]

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhat you do every day as an educator really makes an impact in your students’ lives. But have you ever wondered if your students remember you? Did lending your ear get a learner to listen? Was staying that extra office hour time well-spent? Did believing in a student give them faith in their abilities? Chances […]

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How Passionate Teaching Can Inspire Students

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Reading Time: 5 minutesUnderstand Where Passion Starts Without a passion for learning, students can lose focus and interest in completing your course—or worse, their education. A 2009 study by Public Agenda found that 45 percent of recent college dropouts listed boredom as a reason they decided to leave. The good news: Your excitement can be contagious! Expressing your […]

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