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The Beating Heart of Gen Ed
Critical thinking skills should be placed at the center of general education programs, Louis E. Newman writes.
COVID on Campus: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Lewis Davis, Thomas Armstrong Professor of Economics at Union College, explains how COVID rates on...
Oregon State, Washington State Sue Over Control of Pac-12
Two remaining members of the historic conference say they, not their departing peers, should decide its future. And where are the adults in the room, Oregon State’s leader asks.
Distance Doctoral Students ‘Invisible’ to Universities
People were studying remotely for higher degrees long before COVID, researchers say, and universities should pay them more attention.
Connecting On-Campus Work to Life Skills
To further connections between curricular and experiential learning, the University of Iowa created a program to hold regular conversations between student employees and their on-campus supervisors, deepening their on-the-job learning and relationships on campus.
College Closures Drive Expansion of Bard Prison Program
Bard College is expanding its program for incarcerated students with a new enrollment and transfer initiative prompted by the recent...
Embattled Reading Project at Teachers College Will ‘Dissolve’
Teachers College of Columbia University says it is “dissolving” its Reading and Writing Project after more than 40 years. The...
Florida System Set to Adopt Controversial Standardized Test
The State University System of Florida seems poised to accept the Classic Learning Test, a controversial alternative to the SAT...