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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

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Northwestern honors seven professors with annual Teaching Award

April 19, 2023

Northwestern honored seven undergraduate professors with the 2023 University Teaching Award, NU announced in a news release Tuesday. The award grants recipients a salary stipend for the next three years...

Rebecca Crown Center, home to the Office of the Provost. At a Wednesday evening Faculty Senate meeting, representatives from the Office of the Provost shared various plans for fall instruction.

Provost’s Office talks potential fall academic calendar scenarios at Faculty Senate meeting

June 4, 2020

Northwestern’s Faculty Senate discussed potential Fall Quarter academic calendar scenarios and classroom capacity at its monthly meeting Wednesday. Representatives from the Office of the Provost unveiled...

Attendance-taking policy differences have taken the national stage, with educators debating over whether attendance requirements are ultimately harmful or beneficial. At Northwestern, professors see attendance requirements as a way to foster engagement.

Attendance requirements can be used to foster engagement, but students say it can sometimes be unnecessary

November 13, 2018

Present or absent? Attendance is a straightforward question. How it’s taken, however, is not so simple. For some professors, attendance is extremely important — research shows that students who...

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