In an age of online education and educational philosophies like “flipping the classroom,” does the lecture have any role in today’s university? Drawing from the humanities and social sciences and from a range of different types of schools, The College Lecture Today makes the affirmative case for the lecture in the humanities and social and political sciences. These essays explore how to lecture without sacrificing theoretical knowledge.

Contributions by: Karen Burke, Paul Corey, John B. Craig, Monika Dix, Warren Fincher, James Fiste, Eric Michael French, Emily Kelley, Paul Krause, Hyrum Lewis, Mike Mosher, Taryn Okuma, Elizabeth Rich, Caroline Sherman, Lee Trepanier, Brendon Westler