Education institutions

Analysis of college coach compensation shows how hard it is to align pay with performance.

A look inside the ongoing barriers women face in law, health care, faith-based nonprofits, and higher education.

For a leader, a public apology is always a high-risk move. Understanding what apologies can and cannot do will help you avoid both foolhardy stonewalling and unnecessary contrition.

A study of scientific papers shows that women hype their findings less than men do.

Why don’t more universities let people learn on their phones?

Two years ago, Jonathan Seelig left business school to cofound Akamai Technologies. Today, the company is worth $20 billion.

Having a degree doesn’t mean you’re done learning.

As part of its R&D efforts, Porsche taps the resources and expertise of nearly 600 graduate students--saving innovation costs in the process.

Managers have a rep for being stingy with feedback. Sometimes, though, they’re way too generous. In their hopes of lifting performance with a flood of constructive comments, these well-meaning managers end up depressing productivity by drowning the beneficiaries in a sea of unwanted input. Alain Gosselin, a professor of human resources management at HEC Montréal, […]

Based on a study of 411 leaders of UK academies.

The key to success in business is action. But in most companies, people are rewarded for talking—and the longer, louder, and more confusingly, the better. The good news is, there are five strategies that can help you avoid the trap.

The founder of Lambda School on its experiment with income-sharing agreements.

Millions rely on them — but they’ll need to change to stay relevant.

Students learn best when they aren’t challenged too much or too little.

As the number of prospective students declines, universities will have to adapt.

Students learn better when learning is tailored to them.

The question is not whether to engage, but how to do so.

Photography: Jonathan Sprague Salman Khan was working as a hedge fund analyst when he started using online tools to tutor his cousins in math. Nine years later, his nonprofit organization, Khan Academy, draws on the same approach to offer more than 5,000 free, web-based video lessons to millions of students across the globe, disrupting not […]

An interview with Peter Hirst, director of Executive Education at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Full-time jobs aren’t the only way to be successful.