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Deficiency Mind-Set Bedevils Developmental Math
Colleges should design pathways to meet students’ different preparation levels and goals rather than foist algebra on everyone in the name of numeracy, Ben Weng writes.
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Why I Enrolled in Developmental Math
Ashley Flood writes of enrolling in a developmental math course and convening a study group to help students who had failed before find success.
A Campaign Fosters Faster Route to Degrees
A scholar at Camden County College used her dissertation as an opportunity to get more students to take more credits and graduate faster. The approach, a “15 to Finish” campaign, has fans and critics.
Falwell in Exile
Jerry Falwell Jr. built Liberty University up before resigning as president amid a sex scandal. Now he’s banned from campus and locked in conflict with the institution his father founded.
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Holding the Line
Hollis Robbins shares her takeaways from that academic freedom conference at Stanford.
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Rethinking Credit Hours and Degrees
It’s (past) time we think beyond a measure for learning developed in 1906, James B. Thelen writes.
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Maximizing Internship Opportunities for All
When colleges use innovative and visionary approaches to providing internship experiences, all students—but especially three subpopulations—benefit, writes Daniel Nivern.
Campus Spaces Lay the Foundation for Students’ Success—or Struggle
Impressions of campus facilities from the student occupant’s standpoint can make or break students’ college experiences and plans.