Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about innovation and the future of education. The conversation always starts the same way. A friend corners me and says, ...

You decided it’s time to earn your degree. You’ve considered the traditional approach that involves taking courses on a college campus, but perhaps you don’t have the time or interest in that type of ...

Let’s be honest: no one’s exactly excited to read through a syllabus. It’s usually handed out (or posted) on the first day of class, and most of us skim through it… maybe. But after a few semesters at ...

Across the nation, first-year college students are arriving at their new campus homes and are engaged in orientation programs—essentially crash courses on life as a college student. They are settling ...

A new online journal billing itself as the first peer-reviewed publication dedicated to the college syllabus has published its first issue, and its editor hopes its emphasis on one facet of coursework ...

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This article has been updated to reflect new information that the Lady Gaga course will be offered again next spring at the University of South Carolina. Bored in Accounting 101? Uninspired by the ...

“College: two hundred people reading the same book. An obvious mistake. Two hundred people can read two hundred books.” So wrote John Cage, composer, teacher, and lifelong student. And he had a point.