/tags/academics academics en-US Copyright Mon, 17 Feb 2025 10:00:00 GMT /news/2025-02-17/prestigious-agostini-prize-announced-at-ohio-state The Agostini Prize is the university's most prestigious award for scholarly and artistic achievement and is named in honor of Pierre Agostini, a Nobel Laureate and emeritus professor of physics who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2023. Mon, 17 Feb 2025 10:00:00 GMT /news/2025-02-17/prestigious-agostini-prize-announced-at-ohio-state Nick DeSantis /news/2024-10-14/ohio-state-university-names-new-executive-vice-president-and-provost-after-year-long-seach Ravi V. Bellamkonda was named the next executive vice president and provost of Ohio State University and will start the job at the start of 2025. Mon, 14 Oct 2024 15:06:10 GMT /news/2024-10-14/ohio-state-university-names-new-executive-vice-president-and-provost-after-year-long-seach George Shillcock /show/all-sides/2024-06-14/do-grades-do-more-harm-than-good-in-assessing-academic-performance The authors of a new book argue that grades aren’t a good measure of what a student knows, and may be more stigmatizing than motivating, especially for lower-performing students. Fri, 14 Jun 2024 09:00:00 GMT /show/all-sides/2024-06-14/do-grades-do-more-harm-than-good-in-assessing-academic-performance /show/all-sides/2024-03-08/do-grades-do-more-harm-than-good-in-assessing-academic-performance The authors of a new book argue that grades aren’t a good measure of what a student knows, and may be more stigmatizing than motivating, especially for lower-performing students. Fri, 08 Mar 2024 10:00:00 GMT /show/all-sides/2024-03-08/do-grades-do-more-harm-than-good-in-assessing-academic-performance /show/all-sides/2024-02-01/do-grades-do-more-harm-than-good-in-assessing-academic-performance The authors of a new book argue that grades aren’t a good measure of what a student knows, and may be more stigmatizing than motivating, especially for lower-performing students. Thu, 01 Feb 2024 14:56:30 GMT /show/all-sides/2024-02-01/do-grades-do-more-harm-than-good-in-assessing-academic-performance /news/2015-08-20/panel-will-advise-ohio-education-dept-on-charter-schools Ohio's public school superintendent has named a three-member panel to advise the department on evaluating charter school sponsors.Superintendent Richard… Thu, 20 Aug 2015 13:57:37 GMT /news/2015-08-20/panel-will-advise-ohio-education-dept-on-charter-schools /all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2013-08-29/picking-a-college-president It's a time of transition for Ohio colleges and universities. Kent State and the University of Akron will bid farewell to their presidents next summer, as… Thu, 29 Aug 2013 14:00:03 GMT /all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2013-08-29/picking-a-college-president admin