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The White Face of Library Leadership

An Ithaka S+R survey of research libraries reveals a lack of racial and ethnic diversity in the profession, particularly at the upper levels.

Trial and Error: Size Doesn't Matter

Grinnell-Iowa digital partnership demonstrates that collaboration benefits small private college and large public university (as long as faculty members don't have to travel 60 miles to meet face to face).
Opinion

Earning a Degree to Go to Camp

Coding boot camps act as an auxiliary to a college education, not as an alternative, and they use advertising and intensive admissions processes to find students who succeed, write Quinn Burke, Louise Ann Lyon and James Bowring.

The New, New Education

Cathy Davidson’s new book is a manifesto on teaching students -- and institutions -- how to survive and thrive in the digital age.

Military Victory for Alternative Providers

The new "Forever" GI Bill includes a $75 million program to let military veterans use federal benefits for technology courses through noncollege providers -- another potential challenge to traditional higher ed.

Shocker: Professors Like to Be Paid

Some colleges are paying instructors to learn to teach online, and offering others incentives -- such as priority scheduling -- for those teaching hybrid courses.

‘Disrupt This!’

Georgia Tech professor discusses her book questioning the premises and promises of disruptive innovation in higher ed and urges professors to play a more vital role in deciding when, where and how to use technology.

Savings and Student Success

Tidewater Community College has saved students $1 million with its zero-textbook-cost degree program. An added bonus: course retention and grades are rising.