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Stop Focusing on Failure
Too many colleges are focusing their analysis of student data to find the students likeliest to fail. Instead, they should identify which interventions will help which groups of students succeed, Dave Jarrat writes.
Beer With a Scientist
DNA pairs with IPA in a new program aimed at bringing science to the masses.
A Nudge to Renew
Text messages encouraging first-year community college students to fill out federal student aid form boost persistence to sophomore year, study finds.
Newly Tenured ... at Amherst, Lyndon State, Wheaton (Ill.), Winthrop
The following individuals have recently been awarded tenure by their colleges and universities: Amherst College Sara J. Brenneis, Spanish Jeffers...
Opinion
Don't Call Them 'Kids'
If faculty members want students to act like adults, they should treat them as adults, writes Sean A. Valles.
Opinion
It’s Andragogy, Not Pedagogy
Andrew Joseph Pegoda says it's time to stop talking and thinking about teaching and learning with a term focused on children, not adults.
Thought Experiment
Philosopher professor encourages faculty in all disciplines to liven up course sessions with radical but ancient teaching technique.
Sending a Message
AAUP censures Northeastern Illinois for alleged violation of former professor's academic freedom in tenure denial. Draft of new policy questions ties to Confucius Institutes.