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Multiple Measurements to Predict Success
Going beyond placement exams allows more community college students to take and pass gateway math and English courses, but some worry about students who need remediation.
Dams Are Changing Amazonian Rivers
New dams in the Amazon could threaten ecosystems. In today's Academic Minute, Florida International University's Elizabeth Anderson describes the challenges...
An Elite Online Bachelor’s Degree
Several Ivy League universities offer online degrees at the graduate level -- but few have ventured into online undergraduate degrees. The University of Pennsylvania could lead the way.
The Right to a Recommendation?
University of Michigan professor refuses to write on behalf of student hoping to study in Israel. Are such letters a professional responsibility or subject to faculty members' political views?
Students: 'UMBC Protects Rapists'
Students flood Maryland-Baltimore County administration building to demand new policies around campus sexual assault.
Opinion
4 Reasons Slack Will Change How You Teach
The digital communication platform gives students more ways to interact with instructors and one another and can breathe life into the online classroom, Kathleen Kole de Peralta and Sarah Robey write.
An Alternative (Online) Path to 'Free' College
A range of alternative providers have in recent years sought to significantly lower the price of college-level course work by...
Opinion
The Problem With Pronouns
Asking everyone their preferred personal pronoun is not a good idea, argues Rachel N. Levin.