Author: AdjunctNation Editorial Team

College Students are Increasingly Identifying Beyond “She” and “He”

by Genny Beemyn When students today fill out their college applications, they are not just identifying as “she” or “he.” More than 3% of incoming college students use a different set of pronouns. That’s according to my analysis of the more than 1.2 million applications submitted for...

Research: Boosting Academic Engagement Could be as Easy as Showing a Little Gratitude

by Mariya Yukhymenko When it comes to academic success for college students, having a sense of purpose and gratitude makes a significant difference. That’s what I found in a peer-reviewed study published.

We Need a Different National Conversation about Mental Health on College Campuses

We live in tough times, and colleges must help students develop skills and habits to cope. by Adam Weinberg There has been a significant increase in anxiety and depression among.

Students are Coming to College Less Prepared–They Need our Help

We must take steps to help students catch up before we lose even more of them. by Kathryn Boucher By June, many U.S. colleges and universities have traditionally stopped accepting applications for admission and have a good sense of who will be in their incoming...

The “Trauma” of Not Getting Tenure: While Climbing the Ladder on the Backs of Temps

by P.D. Lesko Lorgia García Peña was denied tenure at Harvard in 2019. According to a breathy piece in The Chronicle of Higher Education, "García Peña, who came to the.

New Survey: Online Education’s Reputation Improves

Almost half of adults in the U.S., 47%, think online education is of roughly the same quality as in-person instruction, increasing sharply from about a third who said the same.

Policies that Require Teachers to Refer to Trans Students by Their Chosen Pronouns Face Legal Challenges

by Genny Beemyn In Tennessee, a proposed law would let public school teachers refuse to call transgender students by the pronouns they use for themselves. At Shawnee State University – a public university in Ohio – a professor got paid US$400,000 to settle a lawsuit that he filed against...

To Improve Science Literacy Means Changing Science Education

by Zahilyn D. Roche Allred To graduate with a science major, college students must complete between 40 and 60 credit hours of science coursework. That means spending around 2,500 hours.

Hybrid Learning and Cheating: Assessment Must Evolve

by Greg Toppo Anyone who crossed their fingers hoping the college fall term would go smoothly received a harsh dose of reality: Despite images of crowded football stadiums and tightly packed convocations, coronavirus.

When Faculty Focus on Belonging, Student Experiences and Grades Improve, Report Finds

by Laura Spitalniak The Student Experience Project partnered with 295 educators at six universities across the country — Colorado State University, University of Colorado Denver, Portland State University, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, the University of New Mexico and the University of Toledo....

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