Lenient Grades, Unreliable Grades
Professors love to hate grade inflation, saying course marks aren’t as meaningful as they used to be. A new paper
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New Report! How Instructors’ Teaching Practices Influence Student Success
A recent report explores the gap between evidence-based teaching practices and the methods that undergraduate instructors typically use. (Inside Higher Ed)
Female-only “Nerd” Dorm Helps Keeps Women in Engineering
Coming from a small school district in Ohio where few girls took part in intensive mathematics or science classes, Callie
How to Handle Three Common Demands from Students in Large Courses
I recently had a conversation with a faculty member about the midterm feedback she had received from the students in her course. Her
AAU Mini-Grant Recipients – Drs. Gina Poe, Megan McEvoy, and Erin Sanders: UCLA to Enhance Undergraduate STEM Education
Pictured above are Director of the mini-grant Dr. Gina Poe (middle), and Co-Directors Drs. Megan McEvoy (right) and Erin Sanders
Undergraduate Research Experiences for STEM Students: Successes, Challenges, and Opportunities (2017)
Undergraduate research has a rich history, and many practicing researchers point to undergraduate research experiences (UREs) as crucial to their
Bringing Theory to Practice Workshop – Click Your Way to Inclusive Classrooms!
i<Clicker or similar polling systems are tools that instructors can use to effectively implement active learning in the classroom. Well
Apply now! 2017 UCLA Mobile Summer Institute on Scientific Teaching
2017 UCLA Mobile Summer Institute on Scientific Teaching July 24-28, 2017 | University of California, Los Angeles Applications now open!
Top 4 Life Science Career Clusters for Employment Opportunities
When searching for work, doctoral students ought to know about life science clusters–geographic groups of universities, research labs, science parks,
Call for Nominations – 2017 Life Sciences Excellence Awards
PDF Version available: 2017_Call For Nominations_Life Sciences Excellence Awards