With the final week of classes over, professors are now revealing how they have dealt with the typical end-of-semester dip in ...

Last April, I was a month out from the end of the spring semester when I read in The Chronicle about the “stunning’ level of student disconnection.” At the time, I was teaching three in-person courses ...

There’s nothing like sitting in your 8 a.m. class, trying to focus on the lecture, taking notes or completing an assignment while being surrounded by the beautiful chorus of wet coughs, sniffles and ...

Recently, we asked what stubborn teaching challenges you’re facing. Two readers responded with thoughtful questions on class attendance. Beth and I covered this issue regularly during the pandemic, ...

The Undergraduate Catalogue policy on attendance states, "UAB recognizes that the academic success of individual students is related to their class attendance and participation. Each course instructor ...

Some of the classes at our university have unfair and unrealistic attendance policies. There are people who have no choice but to miss it or have other responsibilities that overlap take issue with ...

As August has slipped away into a moment in time, school is officially back in session. Per syllabus disclaimers and curious students inquiring from the back of class, attendance policies have become ...

It is common courtesy to hold the door for a person or ask someone how they’re doing. Parents teach their children these things, so they can do them throughout life. Recently, a new common courtesy ...

OPB has been following a group of students in the Class of 2025 after the state of Oregon set a goal that every student starting with that class, should successfully complete high school. The group of ...