The Academic English (AE) program offers part-time and full-time English language study for students who wish to quickly improve their academic, professional, or general English skills. It offers ...

As far back as George Bernard Shaw’s fictional professor Henry Higgins, language experts have argued that low-income students who learn to switch from speaking a dialect to using standard English have ...

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A typical AE schedule starts at 8:00 am and includes 20 credit-based hours of instruction – 18 hours of core English classes and 2 hours of “Pathways to Success at UAB,” a support course for all AE ...

Summer learning loss, also known as the “summer slide,” represents a significant challenge in education where students experience academic regression during extended breaks from formal instruction.

In a country where education is widely viewed as the most reliable path out of poverty and toward national progress, classroom experiences deserve public attention, especially when they quietly ...

We have been having a good discussion about academic disciplines. Does the intersection of learning innovation and postsecondary change qualify as an emergent academic discipline? Does our desire to ...

Every year hundreds of thousands of applicants from China, Brazil, Angola, Iran and other non-English speaking countries vie fiercely for places on universities’ English for Academic Purposes courses.