This table shows the amount of time students are expected to spend on out-of-class work each week, proportional to the number of credit hours they've registered for. (Graphic by Chuck Dearden) ...

Peter Schmidt’s “Use of Part-Time Instructors Tied to Lower Student Success” (The Chronicle. November 14) made me think about my own situation as an adjunct instructor. During my first year of ...

Eleventh-grade students and teachers are spending extraordinary amounts of class time preparing for ACT, but the intense focus on test strategies and item practice is hurting, not helping, performance ...

I recently consulted with a Ph.D. student who was logging long nights and weekends in her office. I knew she was trying to revise her dissertation into a book and complete a book proposal, but I soon ...

Includes updates and/or revisions. The anxiety of high school juniors—and their parents—over taking college-entrance exams is creating a market force for the test-preparation industry. Dozens of ...

About 24 years ago, a student asked to interview me for a class assignment. He posed an interesting question: “What is the most challenging part of teaching?’ I still periodically think about this ...

At this stage, students gain greater clarity about their career goals and are better positioned to balance JEE preparation alongside their regular academic studies.

I read with interest Anna Broadbent’s essay on the benefits and pitfalls of class participation grades. From my perch as a provost, former dean and former department chair, I find that the grade for ...

With the CBSE Class 12 Math exam on March 9, 2026, approaching, students are urged to focus on conceptual clarity and smart revision. Teachers emphasize mastering calculus, core algebra, vectors, and ...