Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe sudden shift to online learning in 2020 highlighted many of the disparities in higher education, intensifying the focus on affordability. But the cost of higher education goes beyond tuition and housing. Textbooks and other course materials are a major factor in increasing students’ financial stress, which can negatively impact their chances for success. As […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe spring of 2020 saw higher education professionals across the country racing to transform their courses from face-to-face instruction into online learning environments. Many of these formats were unfamiliar for both students and instructors. As a result, the effort to adjust to this new era of learning has highlighted the need for more support and […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the question of how to effectively keep students engaged in a remote learning environment has been top-of-mind for higher education faculty and administrators. The solution lies in creating a quality learning environment that goes beyond course materials and takes a holistic approach to students’ entire academic journey. What […]
Reading Time: 8 minutesBy: Jeffrey S. Nevid, Ph.D. Cengage Author and Professor of Psychology, St. John’s University Like many college instructors, I didn’t willingly embrace the abrupt shift to remote instruction in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. I needed to be dragged kicking and screaming from the classroom. As a Psychology Professor, the classroom has […]
Reading Time: 5 minutesAuthor: Seth C. McKee, Professor, Oklahoma State University In teaching presidential politics, students should know American presidential elections typically take on three different types of dynamics: An endorsement of the incumbent and their political party, or a reaffirmation of the president, specifically if the president seeks reelection. A battle for an open seat because […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesAuthor: Destiny Woodhouse, Cengage Student Ambassador In September 2019, a month into a new semester and into a new on-campus job, I found out I was pregnant. It was certainly not my plan to get pregnant two semesters before graduation, as I’m sure no one plans to get pregnant in college, but rather after. […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesJanet Mizrahi is a continuing lecturer who teaches professional writing at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is also an author at BizCommBuzz. Nearly everyone who has ever worked on a team has a story about having to carry a low-participating member of the group. This is called social loafing. But as instructors, we […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesAuthor: Dr. Jennifer Harrison, Professor, Warren County Community College Election time can be a daunting time to teach Sociology, especially to incoming freshmen in a predominantly conservative area. It’s often assumed all professors, especially Sociology professors, are extremely liberal. Whether that’s true or not, it’s our job to teach our students to think for […]
