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Student Success Academic Life

Academic Success Tip: Elevating Embedded Tutors

A pilot program at Sam Houston State University encourages faculty members to add tutoring to gateway courses to improve student success. Early data shows a positive impact on passing rates.

First text message: "Yes?" Second message: "This is embarrassing to say, but law school isn't fair for us men, the women are always outperforming us at [sic]. It's obvious women are taking over the legal profession nowadays." Third text: "Who is this?"

Faculty Diversity & Equity

Female Law Faculty, Students Across the Country Are Getting Unsettling Texts

Since the start of the year, women law professors, deans and students have received messages on their personal cellphones saying things like, “Law school isn’t fair for us men.” The FBI is reportedly investigating.

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Cornell Professor ‘Exhilarated’ by Hamas Attack Is Back Teaching

The Cornell University faculty member who said, roughly a week after Oct. 7, that Hamas’s attack “exhilarated” him is back...

A large inflatable "A" is attached to a ballon pump in a photo illustration intended to depict the concept of grade inflation.

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On the Predictability of Grades

If something does not change, grades will lose all meaning, Chris Smith writes.

By Chris Smith

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