High school is no joke these days. A whirlwind of responsibilities—including homework, extracurricular activities and even a job—can leave many teenagers feeling overwhelmed or disorganized. In the ...

Student life can be hectic. You’ve got classes, homework, clubs, friends… you know, the whole student experience. That’s why it’s not unusual to feel behind. But, what if you could control your ...

Many of the opportunities Princeton offers its students occur outside of the classroom. One in particular has impressed me over the years: the lectures given by outside speakers. Often I was surprised ...

Karen Afre, director of the Academic Skills Center at Dartmouth College, and her colleagues like to tell first-year students that they’re taking an extra, unofficial course called “learning how to be ...

Traditionally, undergraduate education has been predominately lecture-based. With the shift to student-centered learning, many educators have had to determine the best method to provide students with ...

My course evaluations are in. They are mostly encouraging — except for the ones that say I should lecture more. “Lessen the amount of reading per week and just lecture more,” reads one comment.