Joanne Jacobs
Is everybody cheating?
Cheating is common for college students. Many think A is the only acceptable grade.
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Joanne Jacobs
Jul 113 min read
Conservative students learn to argue in college -- liberals stay in their bubble
Conservative students sharpen their ideas and listen to alternative perspectives -- they learn -- on very liberal college campuses,...
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 93 min read
Elite angst: The privileged hate (and hoard) privilege
Privileged college students accuse others of "privilege."
Joanne Jacobs
May 261 min read
Training (and restraining) an AI writing coach
A new AI writing coach will work from a student's notes, turning ideas into sentences.
Joanne Jacobs
May 202 min read
College students can't -- or won't -- read, say profs
Many college students don't do the work -- perhaps because they have trouble reading and understanding college-level texts.
Joanne Jacobs
May 191 min read
In college, but not in class: Kids with 'snowplow parents' give up easily
Absenteeism -- physical and mental -- is high for college students too.
Joanne Jacobs
May 91 min read
Gaza war is not top issue for college students
Only 8 percent of college students have protested the war in Gaza -- on either side -- according to a new Generation Lab survey, reports...
Joanne Jacobs
May 81 min read
Include Jews -- or dismantle DEI?
The proposed Antisemitism Awareness Act is "profoundly misguided,"argue Christopher F. Rufo and Jenin Younes. The bill would allow...
Joanne Jacobs
Apr 142 min read
How to succeed at college: Try doing the work
Anxious about their children's anxiety, parents are going into crisis mode when their 18-year-olds face the normal challenges of college...
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 23 min read
Activism gives bored, lonely students something to do
Students who've worked hard to get into prestigious colleges don't seem to have enough to do once they get there, writes Rick Hess,...
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 26, 20232 min read
Lonely on campus: Students are siloed, silenced
Afraid to offend each other, college students are "siloed and silenced," creating an epidemic of loneliness on campus, writes Samuel...
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