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Diving Beyond the Comfort Zone
Our own experiences in unfamiliar environments can help us appreciate the kinds of sustained support our students need, writes Elizabeth H. Simmons.
Foreign Language Enrollments Drop Sharply
From 2013 to 2016, enrollments fell 9.2 percent. Declines include Spanish, still the most commonly taught language.
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What Assessment Is Really About
Measuring student outcomes is ultimately about trying to improve teaching and learning, and professors should both support and lead such efforts, writes Kate Drezek McConnell.
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Bringing Guilds to Colleges
William G. Durden offers a practical proposal for reinventing liberal arts education.
Academic Help, Under One Roof
Centralizing a range of academic services has boosted their use at Hampshire College.
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Creating an Inclusive Classroom
Strategies for making learning more accessible for students with disabilities often make the classroom experience better for all students, writes Sara Schley.
Woody Allen and Academic Freedom
UC San Diego Academic Senate rejects student-led push to cut a course on the filmmaker from the curriculum over sexual abuse allegations.
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Skills Don’t Matter (Outside Their Context)
Colleges and universities shouldn't care about, or recognize, skills that aren't woven into a program of study that gives them meaning, Johann N. Neem argues.