The divide between research and teaching in higher education is often presented as a tension—academics are expected to publish, yet also to provide high-quality teaching. This artificial separation ...

As a graduate student, I always felt a bit guilty about admitting it. As a postdoctoral fellow, I was increasingly sure it was true. And now, with the safety net of tenure, I can wholeheartedly admit: ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about higher ed issues, leadership, finance, and innovation. Universities are places of teaching and learning, but also of ...

Not everyone realizes it, but university and college professors do more than just teach. Our job descriptions also require us to “engage in scholarship” (or “conduct research”), and engage in “service ...

For decades, science educators have been encouraged to "stick to the science" and leave politics at the classroom door. But ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michael Nietzel, former college president, writes on higher education Their “American Higher Education Restoration Act” takes aim ...

Given these findings about how students today define “research” and approach the research process, teachers are faced with identifying and teaching middle and high school students the skills they will ...

Joan Mclaughlin, commissioner of the National Center on Special Education Research, has witnessed many changes and worked through some difficult times in her 13 years with the Education Department’s ...

The 2019 draft version of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 made two sweeping assertions in seven words: “teaching is strengthened through research and vice-versa.” Are these assertions ...

Cara Jackson conducts education research and evaluation on a variety of topics, including policies related to school and teacher quality and education interventions intended to improve student ...

The Crossroads Academic Medical Institute, or CAMI, will connect universities, health systems and clinical training sites.

A new report shows that universities that conduct a large amount of research aren’t necessarily better at teaching. Lecture image from www.shutterstock.com Australian higher education is dominated by ...