Peer-Tested Approaches to Teaching and Assessing Soft Skills

Women in Higher Education

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe topic of soft skills continues to be top of mind—and for good reason. We previously shared that our own recent study with Morning Consult found soft skills such as teamwork, leadership, detail orientation and communication are what employers seek most in candidates. Simply put, soft skills are essential for a student’s career success. But, as an […]

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Fixed vs. Growth: A Mindset for Student Achievement [INFOGRAPHIC]

A preview of the Fixed Mindset vs. Growth Mindset

Reading Time: 2 minutesFailure is only failure if we refuse to try again. And according to Stanford psychologist Dr. Carol S. Dweck in her book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, a major contributing factor to performance — in and out of the classroom — is this type of mindset around failure. In her research, Dweck discovered that people […]

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Why Confidence Matters

Confidence in Learning

Reading Time: 5 minutesA test, a presentation, a job interview. Each of us has experienced moments in which performing well was critical to achieving our goals. For these events, we prepare. We rehearse. We run through the material backwards and forwards. But ultimately, we must perform. These events often start as expected: there are questions or tasks we […]

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