Academic Life

To break down silos and increase access to work-based learning, Old Dominion University established a new department focused on internships for all students on campus.

A six-part training program equips faculty, staff and other college mentors with resources and tools to promote student success.

Western Illinois University will expand its academic peer support program for STEM students across campuses and partner with a local community college to launch the program there as well.

Capturing students’ attention can be a challenge in lecture halls. Here are four suggestions for creating active learning environments in large class settings.

Since AI is here to stay, instructors should consider using new approaches to assessing student knowledge, write Graham Clay and Cambriae W. Lee. They offer ideas for preparing dialogue-based activities and assessments, including how they can be enhanced with AI.

Fort Hays State University gave the reins of website Tiger-2-Tiger, initially a digital learning community, to students to share, inspire and motivate one another asynchronously and synchronously.

Babson College partnered with Nord University to offer an intercultural learning opportunity for master’s students at both institutions starting next spring.

A pilot program this year at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis uses virtual reality headsets to refine students’ speaking skills and presentation ability and to soothe communication anxiety.