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Student Success The College Experience

Campus Campaign Uses Dogs as Awareness Hook, Teaches Students to Catch a Phish

The University of Denver’s IT and marketing teams partnered to create educational resources and outreach programs to engage students while making them aware of the signs and dangers of phishing emails.

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Student Success Academic Life

Teaching Tip: How to Engage Your Lecture Hall

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

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Faculty Issues Academic Freedom

Barred From Testifying by a Research Agreement

Lawyers representing children suing California sought two Stanford University K-12 researchers as expert witnesses. But the state Department of Education threatened the professors with fines.

Quick Takes

Northwestern Faces 10th Hazing Lawsuit

Since a culture of hazing in Northwestern University’s athletics department came to light in early July, 10 students have sued...
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Opinion
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Embracing Constructive Dialogue and Oral Assessments in the Age of AI

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.

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Students Retention

Overcrowded Middlebury Will Pay Students to Take Time Off

Middlebury lacks sufficient housing for all the students planning to attend this fall. After exhausting other options, the college plans to pay 30 students $10,000 each to stay away.

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Admissions Traditional-Age

Admitting the Top 10%, for Geographic Diversity

University of South Carolina to admit top 10 percent of students from the state’s public high schools. Texas did that when its colleges couldn’t consider race; South Carolina officials say that’s not their motivation.

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Admissions Traditional-Age

The Common App Enters an Uncommon Era

The start of this year’s application cycle was more momentous than usual, as colleges introduced new essay prompts and adjusted requirements for a post–affirmative action world.