University research will evaluate physical data to gauge teacher effectiveness
A student’s physical reaction to a classroom lesson soon could be used to judge how successful—or unsuccessful—an educator is in keeping students engaged.
New York University
Partnership to further global quest by N.Y.U.
New York University, well on its way to becoming the first truly global university, is starting a new partnership with the University of the People, a unusual nonprofit…
Web site sponsors gambling on grades at 36 colleges
Higher-education officials might have some concerns about a new web site, called Ultrinsic, that is taking wagers on grades from students at 36 colleges nationwide starting this month.
Professors, beware: Your nasty eMail could go viral
The prospect of an eMail bouncing to every corner of the internet has college professors measuring their words carefully after a New York University professor’s acerbic eMail to…
Online books let college students earn credit—and cash
Nineteen business majors are trying to sell the idea of free online textbooks to their professors in an internship program that pushes open content technology designed to counter…