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Feb 10, 2023
Some faculty members believe eliminating deadlines optimizes flexibility for students. But cognitive psychology research suggests that students fare better academically and personally under numerous short-term deadlines.

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February 10, 2023
Some faculty members believe eliminating deadlines optimizes flexibility for students. But cognitive psychology research suggests that students fare better academically and personally under numerous short-term deadlines.
January 4, 2023
The pandemic laid bare course policies and practices that disadvantage some students. Now, some say that professors should cool it with awarding participation points.
August 5, 2022
Can technology help equalize students’ access to relationships that provide support, information and opportunity?
April 6, 2022
A recent study found that grade-forgiveness policies incentivize students to study STEM, take harder courses and stay in college—not slack off or simply boost their GPAs, as critics claim.
March 28, 2022
Leaders of the Carnegie Foundation and the American Council on Education envision judging colleges on their contributions to social mobility and racial equity.
February 7, 2022
It calls for all colleges to release information on student enrollment, persistence, transfer and completion measures for all programs and degree levels.
February 7, 2022
Amelia Parnell explains why nearly everyone in higher education can contribute to important conversations about data and analysis to help students and improve institutions.
December 7, 2021
Kevin Carey and Doug Dempster discuss accountability, exploitation and the wisdom of getting degrees in low-paying fields.
November 3, 2021
As remote testing becomes pervasive, colleges should ask some fundamental and wide-ranging questions, Jeremy Epstein and Christopher Kang write.
October 7, 2021
Two experts on student learning discuss how colleges and professors can gauge whether and how much the pandemic set back students on their educational paths.

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