Stand at the back of a crowded lecture hall any given morning, and you’ll get a full picture of the different note taking methods students employ at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Some opt for ...

For the average professor, a student whose notebook is full of miscellaneous papers, magazine clippings, grocery lists, foil, dryer lint or playing cards doesn’t seem like an effective use of space.

This semester, I've bought my students notebooks. Instead of submitting typed papers online, they'll be journaling by hand.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ayşe Baltacıoğlu-Brammer, an assistant professor of history and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at New York University. The following has been ...