People with esophageal disorders have limited treatment options due to the challenge of delivering drugs directly to this body part. Patients typically receive systemic drugs, which can cause unwanted side effects. To address this issue, MIT engineers have created a gel-like oral drug formulation that coats the esophagus’s mucosal lining when swallowed, enabling drugs to…
College instructors are increasingly tasked with creating educational settings that foster not only academic success but also a sense of belonging, participation, and student well-being. Collaborative learning and experiential activities, when combined with strong pedagogical content knowledge (PCK), have the potential to enhance classroom culture and promote psychological safety (Hartmuth et al., 2025). Psychological safety…
This article explores the difficulties doctoral students encounter when writing dissertations. With over 30 years of experience in mentoring and teaching, the authors have observed that many doctoral students lack the essential skills for crafting dissertations, which they call writing critically. The article argues that critical writing stems from critical thinking, which, in turn, requires…
