If one eternal truth exists in the world of college admission, it's this: Any action colleges take to strengthen their applications to get a more "honest" view of an applicant will result in an equal ...

You can’t avoid it anymore: students have submitted their papers, and now you have to read, comment on and grade them. How can you give good feedback yet, at the same time, avoid overworking yourself?

Every now and then, in academic departments where I’ve worked, faculty members have exchanged graded papers and met to compare and contrast approaches to marking and grading student prose. There’s ...

Natascha Chtena is a PhD student in Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. You can follow her on Twitter @nataschachtena. As a TA, you’re generally going to be grading a lot ...