During the last week of the course, each student is expected to pass a 30 minute oral exam given by one of the faculty members. This exam is designed to assess the student's knowledge base and ability ...

To succeed at university, Italian students need to pass interview-style oral exams. Now scientists have found that the time of the exam could be a critical factor influencing their success… or failure ...

As September concludes and October commences, the ebb and flow of Princeton’s academic calendar pulls students along to their next destination: midterms week. Princeton students are already busy ...

At Cornell University's biomedical engineering class in New York State, students have been required to take an additional ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Students are turning in flawless essays and problem sets, yet many can’t explain their work, a troubling sign that ...

Oral exams are making a comeback, and I’m mostly here for it. A few weeks ago, we had a faculty professional development day on campus. One of the sessions was devoted to faculty greatest hits, ...

All first-semester graduate students in the School of Music are required to complete the Music History assessment and the Music Theory placement exams. These are scheduled prior to the start of ...

This past summer, I taught a six-week online undergraduate course on algorithms in computer science. The class is usually somewhat large -- for instance, last spring, more than 200 students enrolled.

Since the release of ChatGPT late last year, the essay has been declared dead as an effective way to measure learning. After all, students can now enter any assigned question into an AI chatbot and ...