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MOOCs for Credit, Aussie-Style
Two Australian universities announce plans to charge students fees if they want to be assessed and earn credit for free open courses.
Plagiarizing Across Europe
Many students in many countries don't know what the rules are, study finds.
Charisma Doesn't Count
Study finds that students learn little more from great lectures than bad ones.
Doctoring the Doctorate
Stanford pledges to pay for a master's in education for humanities Ph.D.s who want to become high school teachers.
Missing the (Grade) Point
Study challenges assumption that professors have become more lenient in evaluating students, or that their grades have less "signaling" power. Another researcher challenges paper as inaccurate.
Opinion
Crowdsourcing the Curriculum
When humanities professors plan their courses, writes Michael P. Ryan, they should ask students what they would like to see on the syllabus.
Opinion
Professional Responsibility
Teaching ethics should be part of the job of all faculty members in all disciplines, writes C.K. Gunsalus.
Low Bar, High Failure
Community colleges expect little of their first-year students, study finds, but students fail to meet even low standards.