The Real Reason First-Year Seminars Started Working
Universities have offered first-year seminars for decades with mixed results. A wave of redesigns starting in 2022 has finally produced clear improvements. The lessons are about structure, not...
The Counterintuitive Math of Choosing a College Major for Earnings
Major choice and lifetime earnings are correlated, but the relationship is weaker and more local than most college...
How One Small College Cut Course Withdrawals in Half Without Lowering Standards
A liberal arts college in upstate New York spent four years rebuilding its early warning system. The results...
The Underrated Power of Studying With Other People’s Notes
A growing body of cognitive science research suggests that reviewing notes taken by classmates can be more useful...
Spaced Repetition Apps Are Reshaping Med School Study Habits
A generation of medical students treats Anki as essential infrastructure. The evidence behind spaced repetition is solid; the way students use it is more complicated.
