Author Archives: Jane Darby Menton

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Yale partners with MOOC platform Coursera
By Sophie Gould and Jane Darby Menton May 17, 2013 • 0
Yale has decided to offer massive open online courses, or MOOCs, for the first time.
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Summer bridge program finalized
By Jane Darby Menton and Amy Wang April 25, 2013 • 0
Roughly 30 incoming freshmen will head to campus this summer for a bridge program aimed at helping them transition to Yale.
Under the new system, students need to swipe into the food serving area each time they wish to collect food.
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Commons alters dining layout
By Jane Darby Menton April 24, 2013 • 0
Students entering Commons Monday morning were confronted with a new layout — a rope now blocks students’ access to the food stations.
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Faculty to attend Mellon workshops
By Jane Darby Menton April 19, 2013 • 0
Faculty members will participate in a new round of workshops designed to discuss the teaching of undergraduate humanities courses this May as part of a broader focus on humanities-based education in Yale College.
Students voiced their concerns with the proposed grading reforms at a protest outside of the Yale College faculty meeting on April 4.
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UP CLOSE | Defining the Yale College ‘A’
By Jane Darby Menton April 11, 2013 • 0
In order for change to come to Yale’s grading system, faculty must reach consensus on the meaning and purpose of grades.
Yale College Dean Mary Miller walks past students protesting proposed changes to grading outside Thursday’s faculty meeting.
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Faculty postpone vote on grading overhaul
By Jane Darby Menton April 5, 2013 • 0
As students protested outside Thursday’s Yale College faculty meeting, professors voted to table a proposal to change Yale’s grading system until next fall.
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Students decry grading changes
By Jane Darby Menton April 4, 2013 • 0
As the faculty considers an overhaul of Yale’s current undergraduate grading system, students are beginning to voice opposition to the recommendations.
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University partners with online network Universia
By Jane Darby Menton April 2, 2013 • 0
Yale solidified plans to collaborate with an international online educational program in an effort to extend the University’s global reach.
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Interest in team-teaching increases
By Jane Darby Menton March 29, 2013 • 0
For the fourth year in a row, proposals for classes team-taught by graduate students and professors have reached a record high.
YCC grading survey
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Students hesitant about grading proposals
By Jane Darby Menton March 28, 2013 • 0
Members of the faculty committee that proposed a set of grading changes met with roughly 60 students Wednesday evening.
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ITS central to monthly faculty meeting
By Jane Darby Menton March 8, 2013 • 0
Roughly 45 professors gathered in Connecticut Hall on Thursday to continue an ongoing conversation about Yale's IT services.
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Grad students question online education
By Jane Darby Menton March 6, 2013 • 0
As Yale contemplates new initiatives in online education, graduate students are seeking ways to participate in the University discussion.