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Many of the moves that the best teachers make on the stage can translate to the page.

Beyond eliminating jargon, here’s what you need to know about writing for mainstream publications.

How do you make sure you’re saying everything you need to get across and not taking up too much time or space?

Plenty of academics are on board — at least in part — with the “why” of ungrading, but lots of questions remain about the “how.”

Rachel Toor is a professor of creative writing at Eastern Washington University’s writing program, in Spokane, and a former acquisitions editor at Oxford University Press and Duke University Press. Her most recent book is Write Your Way: Crafting an Unforgettable College Admissions Essay, published by the University of Chicago Press. Her website is Racheltoor.com.

If you didn’t get much written in a year full of distractions, you’re not alone.

A pilot course on “pivotal moments” is meant to help students sum up their college experience and take stock of the times they’re living through.

Listicles and their quick-fix promises are internet brain candy, but they actually can be a useful writing tool for academics.

Editors and leaders of scholarly presses talk about the impact of Covid-19 on publishing in the months ahead.

Finding it hard to concentrate on your writing? You’re not alone. Lots of people come up with all kinds of excuses to avoid sitting down and knocking out a few pages. In this video, Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz offers six tips that will get you off and running based on Rachel Toor’s article “The Habits of Highly Productive Writers.”