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The Humanities Are an Existentialism
If we only focus on the practical skills students acquire by studying the humanities, we lose sight of their most useful value of all: to help us live meaningful lives, writes Dan Edelstein.
Gen Ed Through Minors
A liberal arts college in Idaho is trying a new approach to ensure depth as well as breadth in the student experience.
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Tech Alone Won't Cut It
Electronic advising systems have plenty of potential, writes Melinda Mechur Karp. But they will fall short without more attention to the messy, human side educational technology.
Deviance Course Lives On
Patti Adler will stay on at U. of Colorado, but blasts the way the university questioned a class lesson on prostitutes.
The Pulse: iTunes U. and Dr. Fus
This month's edition of our monthly technology podcast features an interview with Ohio State University's Matthew W. Stoltzfus, whose chemistry course enrolled 100,000 on iTunes U.
Opinion
A Little Discomfort
When administrators worry about anything that could distress students, faculty members are at risk, writes Gaye Tuchman. Two recent controversies illustrate the problem.
Badging From Within
A digital badging project at UC Davis is drawing notice, but the innovation looks more like competency-based education than a form of alternative credentials.
Gen Ed Worries
At gathering of historians, professors like the idea of talking about their discipline's role in the curriculum, but fear too much regulation.