Academic Life

Student Voice survey data reveal five key differences in the ways students think about grades—as well as room for improvement in how professors assign grades and even design courses.

In a new Student Voice survey, students share their preferences for class format, active learning strategies and note-taking. Interactive lectures and case studies are especially popular.

On the Teaching for Student Success podcast, a social work professor from California State University, Chico, shares her experiences removing assessment from her graduate-level classes and the impact on learning outcomes.

April Belback, director of student success at the University of Pittsburgh, shares about her work launching the institution’s Student Success Hub and the importance of belonging in the student experience.

New Student Voice survey reveals more about what students mean when they say they want flexibility in the classroom. Experts say the data underscore the need for well-structured courses, transparent and accessible deadline policies, and options for meaningful participation.

Clinical simulations give students a hands-on, safe learning environment to engage in interactions with a trained actor. Syracuse University just added to its 60-plus simulations with a new financial ethics simulation.

Instructors at Macalester College use a collaborative thought activity to identify student wants and priorities in creating connection in their courses.

Indiana University Bloomington provost Rahul Shrivastav believes in a holistic approach to student success, in which the entire institution holds responsibility for developing learners.