A Defense of the “Ungrading” Movement
…if their audience for a piece of writing is “the teacher,” the writing will likely be artificial. (More precisely, I told them, “It will suck.”) But the de facto audience…
…if their audience for a piece of writing is “the teacher,” the writing will likely be artificial. (More precisely, I told them, “It will suck.”) But the de facto audience…
…would likely back down long before any real discipline was meted out. Of course, Turnitin’s software and competing products will improve over time. But here’s the rub: So will chatbots….
…students will not enroll if classes go online isn’t entirely bleak. It found that 42 percent of students will not delay enrollment under any circumstance. It also noted that “a…
…difference will be that they will have gained debt and lost several years of participation in the workforce. Who will benefit? The colleges and the people they hired to recruit,…
…accreditation should mean. At the other end of the granularity scale, the individual student wandering into a class has little idea, and no reliable expectation, of how she will be…
…necessarily end, courses, programs, and even entire schools will be eliminated, and many universities will reduce enrollments. The result should be leaner universities, more focused on primary goals. —Jay Schalin…
…(I received my M.S. from the department in ’64.) Saxon succeeded even though Cal-Berkeley and USC offered the same course of study leading to a master’s degree. It is difficult…
…and to provide a blueprint for state and federal policy change. Acting now to combat tuition inflation will improve the lives of thousands of individuals—students, parents, and taxpayers. It will…
…chapter from a book that I wanted the students to read and be prepared to discuss. It was an 8-page assignment. Once the class began and I asked some questions…
…plan will also increase base funding by 5.8 percent. The North Carolina General Assembly will consider the plan and its funding requirements during the upcoming short session. NCCCS is requesting…