The new question-of-the-week is: What are your recommendations for how best to set up and organize small groups in classroom instruction? Many teachers find that well-organized student small-group ...

For many students, group projects elicit feelings of frustration due to improperly managed or unequally distributed labor or burdensome time allocated to an assignment. However, group work can give ...

Surveys of employers routinely point to the value of preparing college graduates to be effective team players. As educators, we’ve responded with a now-familiar solution: the group project. But too ...

We all work in groups sometimes. We brainstorm in groups. Students work on group projects. Even faculty at universities work in committees, and our research projects are generally collaborations.

This spring, we committed to engaging the community to learn about the challenges and opportunities related to working remotely and to hear your thoughts about Northwestern’s Alternative Work ...

The reality is that the ways in which we work are fundamentally changing.” Dear staff, Last summer, in response to the pandemic and other workplace dynamics, Northwestern implemented an Alternative ...

Well-being programs continue to be a central focus for employers, and they're evolving the reach of these offerings into new areas such as the social determinants of health, according to a new survey.

As a busy professional, the demands of both your personal and professional life can be overwhelming. It often seems like there aren’t enough hours in the day to get everything done, and have a life, ...