What Students Appreciated in a Year Like No Other Welcome to the fourth year of our Thank-A-Professor Program! Students have submitted hundreds of tributes so far this fall, and their outpouring of gratitude feels especially welcome as this difficult year draws to a close. Students expressed their heartfelt appreciation for the extra time and care […]

What Can We Do About Students’ Motivation? Nobel Laureate Herbert A. Simon insisted that “learning results from what the student does and thinks and only from what the student does and thinks. The teacher can advance learning only by influencing what the student does to learn.” This is why motivation is essential for learning; it […]

Welcome to FSU’s FGen week, which celebrates first-generation college students across the university, including faculty and staff who were first-generation college students . Students who are the first in their family to attend college are pioneers, navigating new territory and making new discoveries. They’ve often overcome serious obstacles on their path to attending FSU and […]