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We Must Contemporize the Liberal Arts
It’s not enough to passively continue with the same curriculum and hope that students, their families, politicians and the public at large re-recognize the value in what we do, argues Laura L. Behling.
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5 Ways to Bring a Growth Mind-Set Into Your Classroom
Higher education suffers from an inertia that sets in when professors who weren't taught how to teach draw from the outmoded teaching styles that they experienced as students, writes Laura Freberg.
New Programs: The Zoo, Animal Health, Law
Miami University in Ohio is starting a master's degree with a local zoo in which students will learn from the...
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The Bomb in College Classrooms
We're not teaching students enough about weapons of mass destruction -- and it shows, warns Sarah Bidgood.
New Programs: Criminal Justice, Engineering, Data Science, Innovation, Speech Pathology
Hilbert College is starting an online master's program in criminal justice administration. Northern Illinois University is starting its first Ph.D...
More Lower-Cost Degrees, From Purdue, Kaplan and edX
Purdue University will launch three under-$25,000 online master's degrees in engineering on the edX platform.
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Needed: More Reading in First-Year Writing
Not asking students to read regularly is like telling them it’s OK not to explore, argues Rachel Wagner, even if it's the week their papers are due and what they read won't be analyzed in those papers.
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Higher Education Needs a Reformation
Our strong suit is the pilgrimage, the journey, and we ought not forget it, warns Erik Gilbert.