Assessment of course quality, student learning, and professor effectiveness has become paramount in many of today’s universities and colleges. We seem always to strive for a better way to assess our ...

Asking students to unpack learning objectives with a quick routine helps them connect prior knowledge and feel more prepared ...

Learning objectives are statements that specify what students will know or be able to do as a result of earning their degrees. Effective objectives are usually expressed as knowledge, skills, or ...

LO1.1: Students will achieve financial literacy (this comprises the ability to read and interpret financial reports.) LO1.2: Students will achieve investment literacy. LO1.3: Students will understand ...

Affirmative action in college admissions has been around since the mid-1960s, intended to accomplish the impossible – obliterate the grotesque exclusivity of higher education throughout the United ...

But if you talk with students and teachers and observe them in the classroom, as I have been doing for some time now, the ...

A year since its implementation, teachers are still questioning the effectiveness of Student Growth Objectives in classroom evaluation. (Star Ledger file photo) What’s old is new again. That’s the ...

Institutionalized during the Chinese Han Dynasty, the civil service examination became the symbol of meritocracy and the hope for a new generation of talented elites to replace the old. In a time when ...

The Sociology Department curriculum is organized around what we would like sociology majors to learn. The six key learning objectives are discussed below, along with the courses from the curriculum ...