AI expert and OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy recently declared on X that “the majority of grading has to shift to in-class work (instead of at-home assignments),” and I couldn’t agree more. The ...
Joel Barrie and Jasper King-Smith, both 18 at the time of Star News' reporting in November, suggested constructing the garden near the Sumner Redcliffs Anglican Church to help keep its streets clear ...
A judge ruled against UCLA lecturer Gordon Klein, who was suspended after refusing to grade black students leniently in the wake of George Floyd's death, siding with UCLA on every issue Klein sought ...
As conflicting ideologies have become more and more polarizing in recent years, the United States has become a battleground for numerous culture wars — and higher education has often been caught in ...
As a local educator, I see the same pattern every year: students with impressive GPAs walk into my classroom confident, capable and ready to work, at least on paper. But when it comes time to read ...
You hand out a new assignment—the directions are clear, the task is solid, and you think, They’re going to crush this. Five minutes later, a few students are already checked out, pencils still, eyes ...
Data and analytics have transformed student-success efforts. First, student-information systems and institutional dashboards made enrollment, retention, and graduation data more accessible. Then came ...
Harvard students pushed back forcefully against a new University report condemning grade inflation, arguing that it misrepresented their academic experience and would add pressure to an already ...
More Harvard College students than ever are passing their classes with flying colors, but the College’s evaluation system is “failing to perform the key functions of grading,” according to a report ...
When Georgia State University professor G. Sue Kasun taught a new course this summer, she used generative artificial intelligence to help her brainstorm. Kasun, a professor of language, culture and ...
The first time I encountered “no-zeros” grading, I was still a teacher. To demonstrate how to use a new data entry system, our technology coordinator plugged a zero into the software, and to ...