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Follies in America: Academic Minute

Today on the Academic Minute: Kerry Dean Carso, professor of art history at SUNY New Paltz, examines the history of...
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Student Success Health & Wellness

A 3-Week Course on Resiliency

In January, Hollins University hosted a short course to support students needing healing and support from trauma. The course included activities led by community partners for environmental and spiritual wellness.

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Faculty Issues Books & Publishing

Gettysburg College Shutters Acclaimed Literary Journal

Administrators say The Gettysburg Review does not fit the college’s new curriculum, which focuses on student experiences. Staff—and former interns—disagree.

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Opinion
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Oh, Vandy

Vanderbilt’s criticism of the U.S. News ranking methodology is tone-deaf at best, Jim Jump writes.

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Opinion
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Why New ‘U.S. News’ Rankings Are Flawed

The new methodology downgrades measures of academic quality while relying on misleading metrics for affordability and career outcomes, Daniel Diermeier writes.

Opinion
Blogs Learning Innovation

3 Key Themes and 11 Observations From the 2023 edX Global Forum

Notes from the first big in-person edX gathering since the 2U acquisition.

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Admissions Traditional-Age

Admissions Offices Deploy AI

Even as fears of robot-generated admissions essays abound, colleges are increasingly using AI in application reviews, raising new possibilities and ethical concerns.

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Faculty Issues Academic Freedom

Promoting Academic Freedom, from UChicago to… Hamline?

Free expression debates continue at universities. And when traditional institutions don’t back speech, others, such as Heterodox Academy and Jordan Peterson's new venture, step in.