We need a freshers’ term to teach some common sense

Silent post-Covid freshers need a spell of magical thinking

With first-year students no longer contributing to classroom discussions as they did pre-pandemic, we need to rekindle their pleasure and agency in their own education, says Sophie Scott-Brown

By Sophie Scott-Brown

21 July

Broadway theaters stand closed along an empty street in the theater district

Missing freshers leave US colleges with big costs and few answers

With government aid lacking, institutions struggle to identify winning strategies

By Paul Basken

27 October

Top US university bars freshers from selecting room-mates

Duke University move designed to stop students self-selecting peers with similar backgrounds, often via social media

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf for Inside Higher Ed

5 March

Sober freshers ‘more likely to drop out’

Evidence from Denmark indicates drunken induction weeks make it difficult for reluctant drinkers to feel at home

By David Matthews

15 August

Freshers’ week? We need a whole term to teach some common sense!

As a campus guard, George Bass often sees the gaps between students’ intellectual abilities and their life skills

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Freshers’ week? We need a whole term to teach some common sense!

As a campus guard, George Bass often sees the gaps between students’ intellectual abilities and their life skills

POSTSCRIPT:

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Silent post-Covid freshers need a spell of magical thinking

Missing freshers leave US colleges with big costs and few answers

Top US university bars freshers from selecting room-mates

Sober freshers ‘more likely to drop out’

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