Part of the Gender Gap in Majors May Lie in Intro Courses (Sort Of)

The following describes an interesting morphing of memes on the web and something that might be especially relevant to me and my colleagues at Mills

Evaluating and Assessing Short Intensive Courses

Two articles on the topic of assessing and evaluating short, intensive courses.  Most of the results appear positive in terms of learning outcomes, but there

How College Works (Harvard U Press 2014)

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NYT 9/2013 Study Sees Benefit in Courses With Nontenured Instructors

National Bureau of Economic Research study based on data from more than 15,000 students who arrived at Northwestern University from 2001 to 2008. Study Sees

King & Sen. 2013. "How Social Science Research Can Improve Teaching"

http://gking.harvard.edu/files/gking/files/teaching.pdf King, G. and M. Sen. 2013. “How  Social Science Research Can Improve Teaching” PS: Political Science and Politics 46, no. 3: 621-629..