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No Grading, More Learning
When Duke University's Cathy Davidson announced her grading plan for a seminar she would be offering this semester, she attracted...
What Adjunct Impact?
DENVER -- One of the more controversial topics in the debate over the use of adjuncts has been the question...
The Research Trust
Think of it as Oprah’s Book Club for scholars. Academics may cringe at the comparison, but that is essentially the...
'The Rhetoric of Remediation'
Remedial education has long been a political football on campus -- and far beyond. Universities complain that high schools are...
Science for Non-Scientists
For close to three decades, freshman year at Bard College has begun in early August with three weeks of intensive...
What the Pledge Means
SEATTLE – Six influential community college organizations signed a commitment to boost student completion rates by 50 percent over the...
The Back-Up Plan
Many a successful journal article is published not in the publication where the author first submitted, but in another one...
Left Out of Gen Ed
When colleges and universities revamp curricular requirements, disciplines can become winners or losers. Those fields that are required (or that...