Success in academics often hinges less on raw intelligence and more on consistent habits—and effective note-taking is one of the most powerful of them all. Top students know that great notes are more ...

I remember spending hours commenting painstakingly on my students’ papers when I was a graduate student teaching in the Expository Writing Program at New York University. My students loved our classes ...

“I’ll start tomorrow”, — I’ve said this to myself repeatedly — not ashamed to admit that. Writing a novel isn’t easy. Especially writing a good one. It takes a lot of planning, head-scratching, and ...