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Identity Now
Mark Edmundson explores -- and applauds -- current students' quest for identity but says that achieving it is only half the game.
Ending a Course Over the N-Word
Princeton professor who was criticized for using the word in a class on hate speech cancels the course.
The N-Word in the Classroom
Two professors on different campuses used the N-word last week. One was suspended and one was backed by his institution, demonstrating academe's continually fraught relationship with the term.
Shocker: Humanities Grads Gainfully Employed and Happy
New data suggest that STEM majors are not the only route to success.
Phase 2 for Boot Camps
Skills boot camps continue to grow and diversify despite wave of consolidation, while traditional higher education increasingly absorbs aspects of the short-term training model.
Opinion
Learning From Prison
Regardless of one’s beliefs on what prisons are or should be, professors who desire to teach inside them need to know certain things, advises Damian Zurro.
Higher Ed and the American Dream
At national gathering of educators, many see erosion of opportunity -- even as data show continuing impact of earning a college degree.
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Helping Students See the Connections
We should help students make sense of not only the subject matter of our particular class but also how all their curricular and co-curricular activities fit together, writes Laura L. Behling.