Over the last month, BVA campuses have been collaborating to develop a concise resource for assessing student learning online, as many faculty will be doing this coming fall—and perhaps beyond. Online assessment presents a number of challenges but also opportunities to explore alternative approaches that provide rich information about what students know and that also deepen and extend their learning. The COVID pandemic makes these approaches especially timely, but they are relevant as well in … [Read more...]

The Bay View Alliance is pleased to welcome the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a new member institution. The Bay View Alliance is an international network of research universities exploring strategies to support and sustain the widespread adoption of instructional methods leading to better student learning. Lorne Whitehead, program director of the Bay View Alliance, says “UNC is an excellent addition to the BVA because of its dedicated efforts to improve inequities in higher … [Read more...]

  Inside Higher Education features a piece by BVA members, Viji Sathy, Kelly Hogan and Calvin Sims from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill entitled, "A Dozen-Plus Ways You Can Foster Educational Equity". An excerpt from the article follows: Recently on social media, we have seen a lot of people posting ways white and non-Black people of color can support the Black Lives Matter movement. Like many of you, we’ve taken these suggestions to heart and taken action in various … [Read more...]