I’m Scott Carlson, a senior writer at The Chronicle covering higher ed and where it’s going. This week, I interview an expert on skills and what they mean in the current conversation about higher ...

When teaching a fellow adult how to roll down a hill, the adult is unlikely to burst into tears and run away. That's why ...

A 2025 survey of 5,000 undergraduates by Inside Higher Ed, supported by Generation Lab, found that the greatest share of students rated their nutrition at college as average (44 percent), with an ...

While the three Smith College faculty members selected for the 2025 Sherrerd Teaching Awards followed different paths to becoming educators, they share a commitment to creating inclusive classrooms in ...

While the three Smith College faculty members selected for this year’s Sherrerd Teaching Awards followed different paths to becoming educators, they share a commitment to creating inclusive classrooms ...

This episode originally aired on Sept. 30, 2025. Once a student leaves high school, their responsibility for their personal finances increases. But are they ready to meet the challenge? The Financial ...

Students today struggle with emotional regulation, following directions, and other social-emotional skills, educators report. The uptick in cell phone and social media use at increasingly younger ages ...

Generative artificial intelligence has disrupted the classroom, making educators feel as if the only immediate and well-intentioned choice they can make is to ban this technology from being used on ...

Remainder. Product. Algorithm. Ordered pair. Seemingly jargony words and phrases like these, referring to specific math concepts, might seem complex for elementary school students to grasp. But ...