One's first year in college has its challenges and its triumphs—no two students have quite the same experience. We recently interviewed five freshmen following their first semester at Calvin. They ...

I just completed my first semester as an assistant professor. In addition to building a robust and productive research program, I am tasked with teaching classes for undergraduate majors and graduate ...

That was the first thought that ran through my mind after completing my first semester at Towson University. For most freshmen in college, especially first-generation college students, the first ...

The original version of this article appeared in Grading for Growth. In fall 2021, I took my first steps into the world of ungrading. Inspired by Susan D. Blum’s book “Ungrading,” I went fully ...

On the last day of finals, as I worked through my must-do tasks before winter break began, I realized that I was quite pleased by the progress my students had made during my first semester on the ...

Before we head into a new semester, I figured I'd tell you some of what I learned from my first semester at college that may help you next semester. One thing I learned from experience, and from ...

I have two core memories from my freshman year, mirrored but distinctly different. In the first, I’m riding my bike from the East Quad Residence Hall to the Cube, a University of Michigan monument you ...

My first semester teaching Entrepreneurship to first year MBAs at Harvard Business School has come to a close. “Just” 15 years ago, I sat in the exact same room as a member of the MBA class of 2010, ...

During my first semester in college, every day I looked forward to one thing: going to bed. I was only happy when I was asleep, dreaming about my pre-college life. I was homesick, like thousands of ...

As an undergraduate, I seldom felt overwhelmed by coursework. I found praise easily. I wrote an award-winning honors thesis and graduated summa cum laude. When I heard horror stories about graduate ...