No idea about IDEA?

A look into end-of-year professor performance rating system At the end of every semester at the University of Rhode Island, students are asked to take IDEA Surveys, but many do not know just how their survey responses change their classroom. The Individual Development and Educational Assessment (IDEA) is a survey system that URI implemented to…

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Pharmacy professor acknowledged with national lifetime achievement award

Rhode Island resident, URI alum and professor, Robert Dufresne, talks about winning the Judith J. Saklad Memorial Award, and the ultimate reward of giving back to students. PHOTO CREDIT: uri.edu Robert Dufresne has been at the University of Rhode Island long enough to have taught current professors, and his long career was recently celebrated with…

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