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Keeping Up With Competency
With 600 institutions at least in the design phase for a competency-based credential, college officials will meet this month to talk about how to build a program -- and how to ensure its academic quality.
'Undisciplining Knowledge'
Author discusses new book that considers both the positive and negative impacts of an interdisciplinary approach.
Opinion
Teach the Ideals!
Students need to grapple with timeless questions and truly consider the possibilities of life, writes Mark Edmundson.
Mildly Interdisciplinary
More doctoral students report that their dissertations extend beyond their primary discipline, but most aren't straying far from their original subject of study.
When the Only Seat Is in Front of a Screen
U of Central Florida is using lecture-capture technology to enroll more students than can fit in its classrooms. But is a live stream a sufficient replacement for a face-to-face lecture?
Ban on Banning Words
Washington State U overrules instructor, and says she may not have "blanket" bans on use of certain words or phrases, or punish those who violate such bans with lower grades or failure.
Humanities Paradox
New analysis seeks to explain the declining interest of high school students in studying the humanities in college, and a reversal once they arrive.
Opinion
General Ed Cheap and Easy
Inside Higher Ed explores JumpCourse, an online education platform, after a former professor finds that a course lacks rigor and sophisticated sense of its subject matter -- even as the American Council on Education vouches for its quality.