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A Call for Assessment -- of the Right Kind
Reinforcing 2004 statement, liberal education group exhorts colleges to ramp up measurement of student learning -- but with emphasis on internal improvement rather than external accountability.
Writing Lags in Law Schools
Latest engagement survey suggests a significant number of law school students are not adequately prepared for real-world legal writing.
The State of the Humanities
“Indicators” are released to provide data on students, faculty and American life.
Opinion
The Adjuncts' Mandate
The recent reports on academic labor by the American Federation of Teachers and Modern Language Association are great news. The...
Revising and Defending the Foreign Language Major
At MLA, professors describe how departments are rethinking curriculums and the tenure-track/adjunct divide. Beyond pedagogy, programs want to protect themselves.
Making Engagement Data Meaningful
Gallaudet U. tries to use annual student survey to measure the effectiveness of significant revisions in its undergraduate curriculum and institutional mission.
Defining Adjunct Rights
AAUP applies new standards to find North Idaho violated the rights of a long-time part-timer. In that case and another, the colleges say those rights are minimal -- and reject the AAUP's guidelines.
'You Can't Measure What We Teach'
"You can’t measure what we teach." "The results [of what our students gain in the classroom] won’t be known for...