Teaching in Postsecondary Institutions: An Interview with Dr. Wilbert McKeachie

This paper relates an interview with Wilbert J. McKeachie, Professor Emeritus of Psychology and former Director of the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching at the University of Michigan. In more than 30 books and monographs, 120 chapters, 200 journal and professional articles, and 500 scientific and professional presentations and workshops, he has left a legacy of immense proportions to the fields of psychology and education. Perhaps he is best known for "Teaching Tips, Strategies, Research and Theory for College and University Teachers" (2002, 11th ed., Houghton Mifflin).