As the fall term winds down, many of us are thinking ahead to the winter and spring, planning courses and refreshing syllabi in anticipation of the coming year. One part of the syllabus design that ...
More than 60,000 students across the Los Angeles Unified School District began classes Monday as part of the district’s ...
Being a teenager — let’s face it — it can be uncomfortable. Awkward. But when it comes to succeeding in school, feeling comfortable and like you belong can be as important as having a great teacher.
L ectures are boring. Assignments are busy work. And all of that tuition is for this? When Justin Shaffer hears these kinds of complaints from students, he thinks they have a point. He also thinks ...
The “weed-out” class — a rigorous course designed to filter out students who may lack the know-how to continue in a degree program — is no stranger to Northwestern students. However, students and ...
This story is co-published with Sacramento State’s student newspaper The State Hornet. During Asher Franco-Carreño’s two previous years working as an orientation leader at Sacramento State, he never ...
A group of Harvard faculty members say many students at the Ivy League university are skipping class, skimming or ignoring reading assignments, avoiding challenging discussions, and still graduating ...