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Observations of Professors: Tread Lightly
Student evaluations of teaching are suspect -- but increasing classroom observation of professors as an alternative has its own set of problems, write Jonathan Golding and Philipp Kraemer.
Caution and Competency
Senators seek guidance on how to encourage innovation without opening aid floodgates to "bad actors," and a group of 17 institutions with competency-based programs calls for a careful approach by policy makers.
The Pulse: Blackboard Ultra
This month's edition of "The Pulse" podcast features an interview with Mark Strassman, senior vice president for industry and product management at Blackboard Inc., about Ultra, the company's new user experience.
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The Key Flaw With Private University Engineering
It's great for Harvard that a $400 million gift will help it build an excellent program, but public universities are the ones change the workforce in engineering, writes Andreas Cangellaris.
A Little Heavy Reading
Common reading choices for incoming freshmen this year center on diversity and race relations and tend to feature nonfiction, but a few colleges go with literary classics.
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Post-Post-Racial America?
Does the arc of the universe bend toward justice? Scott McLemee looks into a philosopher's book on racial profiling and police homicide.
Breakthrough for Gay Christian Professors
Two Christian colleges change hiring rules to permit employment of faculty members who are in same-sex marriages.
A Weaker 'Yeshiva'?
Point Park U recognizes a faculty union -- after 12 years and many battles. Could this be sign that NLRB has eroded power of a Supreme Court ruling that limited collective bargaining at private colleges?