Do you find grading challenging? Are you looking for strategies to hold students to high standards while effectively managing your grading load? Please join our Fall 2025 Faculty Book Club focused on Specifications Grading: Restoring Rigor, Motivating Students, and Saving Faculty Time by Linda Nilson. During five biweekly sessions, we will learn about and discuss the specifications grading approach and how it might be applied to improve student and faculty grading experiences. For accommodations, please contact Catharine Gruver at cgruver@mtu.edu or 906-487-3026.

Meetings will be held in the Van Pelt/Opie Library in the MUB in Alumni Lounge C (Room 107C). 

Book Club Meeting Dates:

September 9th 

September 23rd

October 7th 

October 21st

November 4th