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2 Architects of Traditional Assessment Embrace Competency
Carnegie Foundation and ETS launch a major initiative to develop competency-based assessments, which could change how high school students show college and workforce readiness.
Brand Protection or Censorship?
Student filmmakers at UCLA were told not to identify their institution in a project about a 1991 campus demonstration, vexing the students and raising concerns about academic freedom.
Shouting Down Speakers Who Offend
Over the course of a month, students on several college campuses shut down speakers they disagreed with. Why is it so hard to forge a consensus on what protecting free speech really means?
Increasing Class Lengths… by 5 Minutes
The University of Delaware is increasing class lengths by five minutes to meet what its Faculty Senate said were federal minimum standards.
5 Lessons Learned From Diverse Student Panels
We held panels with students who hold marginalized identities to ask how faculty and administrators can better support them, Matthew R. Johnson, Jennifer Evanuik and Xantha Karp write.
Adult Learners Driving New Degree Programs at Athens State
A push to serve adult learners has fueled an ambitious effort to add eight degree programs at Athens State University.
Ungrading as a Form of Access, Equality in the Classroom
On the Teaching for Student Success podcast, a social work professor from California State University, Chico, shares her experiences removing assessment from her graduate-level classes and the impact on learning outcomes.