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Students May Need Lessons on the Benefits of Active Learning
On the Teaching for Student Success podcast, a physics professor at Harvard discusses his study on how much students get from active learning environments, as well as surprising findings about how they prefer to be taught.
Student Athletes Get Mental Health Strength Training
Athletic teams at University of California, Irvine, learn to talk about mental health and spot each other’s well-being—in the gym, on the field and elsewhere.
New Programs: Public Administration, Government, Psychology, Computer Science
American International College is starting a bachelor’s of public administration. Regent University is starting a Ph.D. program in government. Spartanburg...
The NCAA Women’s Academic Bracket, 2023 Edition
Who would win the NCAA Division I women’s basketball tournament if academics determined the outcome? Our distinctive methodology picks the winner(s).
U of Rhode Island Removes Partial Malcolm X Quote
The University of Rhode Island removed a partial quote by Malcolm X from the outside of its library building. Black...
Gameful Learning
Can games be a useful component of learning in the classroom? In today’s Academic Minute, part of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute...
Stanford Apologizes After Students Heckle Judge
The university says, “Staff members who should have enforced university policies failed to do so.”
Restructuring Counseling Centers—and Ousting Directors
Several institutions have replaced counseling center directors with new administrators as part of an effort to restructure health services and expand mental health care.