Learning & Assessment

Researchers hoped that online communications would prod students to nearly double their study time. It barely budged, but their study shows how scholars can measure impact (or lack thereof) of educational interventions.

Going beyond placement exams allows more community college students to take and pass gateway math and English courses, but some worry about students who need remediation.

What students don't immediately know about a college being placed on probation won't hurt them. Will it?

Q&A with the co-editors of an anthology of essays on accreditation about new challenges for the college oversight bodies.

A new survey reveals that not only do business executives value college, they want students with skills associated with the liberal arts.

In fairness to students, professors shouldn’t factor class attendance, participation in class and extra credit into their final grades, argues Jay Sterling Silver.

If we as faculty members truly want to own the assessment of student performance and understanding, then we should work together toward meaningful solutions and processes, writes Will Miller.

“Assessment” has become a dirty word in higher education, but it’s much more than rubrics, forms and statistics, argues Matthew DeSantis.