TEACHING and LEARNING
Teaching: Are grading practices ‘out of whack’? (Beth McMurtrie, The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 6, 2025)
A Way to Save the Essay (opinion) (Lily Abadal, Inside Higher Ed, November 7, 2025): We can encourage slow thinking by reimagining the essay as a scaffolded, in-class—and AI-free—assignment.
Agentic AI Invading the LMS and Other Things We Should Know (John Warner, Inside Higher Ed, November 07, 2025): A Q&A with Marc Watkins, director of the AI Institute for Teachers.
5 Reasons Why Faculty Should Collect Class Data (opinion) (Keenan Hartert, Inside Higher Ed, November 12, 2025).
Faculty Lead AI Usage Conversations on Campus (Ashley Mowreader, Inside Higher Ed, November 11, 2025): Survey data shows a majority of college students are aware of appropriate AI use cases in the classroom because their instructors—not administrators—set the expectations.
TODAY’S STUDENTS
New Thinking in College Student Mental Health (Marjorie Malpiede, Learning Well, November 11, 2025): An interview with Alexis Redding: psychologist, researcher, and faculty co-chair of Higher Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education .
The Other Engagement Problem (Colleen Flaherty, Inside Higher Ed, November 10, 2025): A third of students don’t participate outside of class. What can be done to boost campus involvement?
Why Competitive College Students Feel They’re Falling Behind Before They’ve Even Begun (Scott Carlson, The Edge, Chronicle of Higher Education, November 6, 2025): How the fear of falling behind affects competitive college students.
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