A move to combine geography with history has created tension between Tennessee state officials and educators. State officials say the plan will give students a deeper grasp of both subjects and free ...

Long belittled for their ignorance of foreign cultures—not to mention an inability to locate well-known countries on world maps—an increasing number of U.S. high school students are taking courses ...

In his Sept. 7 letter to the editor, Wayne Zanni stated that geography ought to be taught in our schools — and I agree that geography is important. Our youngsters should know about the cities, states, ...

The public image of an academic subject is often reflected in the Internet “briefs” regularly consulted by decisionmakers. I often scan news from Education Week, ASCD, the National Council for the ...

The Department of Geography offers many classes that apply to the ENVS major. In addition, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a valuable complement to the ENVS major. ENVS students would be well ...