Learning & Assessment

Research from the University of Michigan finds sequential grading biases impact students with alphabetically lower last names, due in part to LMS default ordering. Here’s what professors can do about it.

American Council on Education will lead global effort to pool data on tens of millions of students to improve learner success and collaborate on AI tools.

And generative AI is the thing that broke it, Zach Justus and Nik Janos write.

Former tenure-track faculty member says the college inflated students’ grades and axed him after he complained. Some say that violates academic freedom.

Learning (not rigor) is what prepares students for life after graduation, and our teaching—and transcripts—should reflect that, Jane L. Lubischer writes.

A new book by two education professors explores why assessment became so fraught and what we can do to restore its original purpose: helping students learn.  

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.