My day job is teaching introductory economics to about 700 Harvard undergraduates a year. Lately, when people hear that, they often ask how the economic crisis is changing what’s offered in a freshman ...

If you're stressed about selecting your college schedule, you're not alone. Deciding which classes to take can be a confusing and overwhelming task. You'll have more courses to consider than ever ...

For the first time, Harvard College required incoming freshmen to complete an online training module prior to their arrival on campus about sleeping habits and their effects on other areas of life.

The IBM SkillsBuild AI Freshmen HBCU Initiative focuses on expanding students’ career readiness through foundational AI ...

Members of the Class of 2017 were required to complete a new online Sexual Harassment/Assault Advising, Resources and Education course— along with the traditional AlcoholEdu—prior to their arrival on ...

The Freshman Seminar (FRS) program has been a cornerstone tradition for first-year student experiences since 1986. Initially proposed as a “Freshman Seminar program centered in the Residential ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Case Western Reserve University wants freshman engineering students to learn -- and feel -- like engineers. That can be difficult because many college freshmen declare an ...

There are a lot of reasons to place freshmen in courses taught by tenure-line and otherwise full-time faculty members. Research suggests that underclassmen learn best from these professors, as opposed ...

"Two semesters. 10 professors. 3,000 years of culture." It's not a film trailer, but the catchphrase used to describe a "blockbuster" course at Princeton for freshmen titled "Interdisciplinary ...

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