When we learn something new, that information does not exist in isolation. It integrates into the complex landscape of our knowledge, forging connections with existing ideas and opening up ...

Matt Gewolb, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Institutional Strategy for New York Law School. Courtesy photo Law schools can and should serve as engines of social and economic mobility ...

Editor’s Note: Click on the words highlighted in this story to pull up a definition and short research summary. Visited recently by one of his former students, Minnesota teacher Eric Kalenze was ...

Pharmacy students in the U.S. show limited knowledge of HIV prophylaxis, especially PEP, due to inadequate assessment tools. Pharmacists are pivotal in HIV prevention, but their knowledge of PrEP and ...

There is a longstanding debate about whether traditional grading—letter grades based on a student’s content knowledge, classroom behavior, and extra credit—appropriately measures student success.

Since 2010, the Purdue Student Farm has grown into a nationally recognized educational hub for sustainable agriculture. Located on 3.5 acres at the northern edge of Purdue’s campus, the farm ...

New research from Bayes Business School suggests the inclusion of more than one correct response in multiple-choice examinations focuses students on deeper learning of material, and benefits ...

A new study from a pair of Penn State researchers finds that passing the US Citizenship Test as a high school graduation requirement does nothing to improve youth voter turnout. Within the last decade ...

Students often consider the return on investment of their degree when deciding whether and where to enroll in college, but not every student receives financial education from their institution on how ...