From grading papers to decoding jargon, here are some ways people are putting AI to work

Teachers are using it to create lesson plans and grade papers. Marketing professionals are harnessing it to work a room and ...
Star Tribune

Minnesota lawmakers consider a solution to curb ‘ghost students’ trying to steal financial aid

Minnesota lawmakers are looking for a solution to combat the growing issue of “ghost students” stealing college financial aid. A House bill allots $1.5 million a year for new software at Minnesota ...
The Conversation

Standards‑based grading offers a different model of assessing student learning in the classroom

Some school districts, including ones in Maine, New Mexico, Iowa and Oregon, are shifting to standards-based grading, where students are graded on the skills and concepts they learn instead of points ...
StamfordAdvocate

Standards-based grading offers a different model of assessing student learning in the classroom

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jerrid Kruse, Drake University (THE CONVERSATION) Some school districts, including ...
Indiana Daily Student

OPINION: Say goodbye to the ‘A’

Feel down about that B+ in chemistry? “A” is now the most common grade awarded at universities in the United States. Between 1990 and 2020, grade point averages rose by over 16%. Known as “grade ...
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University of Illinois students rip & rank their professor's outfits

Professors and teachers are always grading students on so many things, it is time to turn the tables and let the students grade the professor. This time the students are getting together to see if ...
The Sunflower

Student body president vetoes legislation recommending A+ grading scale

Wichita State Student Body President Jia Wen Wang announced on Wednesday that she vetoed Association Resolution 68-014, which would recommend the university add an honorary A+ to its grading scale. “I ...