As I was reflecting on what I should write about to end the quarter, I was also attending a workshop on reforming teaching evaluations. So, this post is not actually about how to get positive evaluations from students, but rather how to make the teaching evaluation...
In a previous post of my Dennin Insights blog, I discussed the value of general education (GE) courses and how they are designed to expose students to different academic disciplines and potential areas of study. This topic came up again during a recent conversation...
In my recent blog post, When is a C Good Enough?, I discussed being more explicit regarding what “excellence” means when looking at a student’s entire career and how a distribution of grades can still represent excellence. In response to that post, a colleague...
In many of my previous posts, I highlight the fact that the role of the university is to support students and empower their success. With this goal in mind, UCI promotes partnerships with many outside organizations and institutions to offer diverse pathways for our...
When is a C good enough? This question may be a strange one for a top university to ask, but it strikes me as critical. For some context, a few weeks ago UCI hosted the Waypoints Symposium. This meeting brought together representatives from over 30 institutions to...
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