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DeVos: Black Colleges Are 'Pioneers' of 'School Choice'
Education secretary's remarks astound many advocates for colleges that were created because black students were denied choices.
Language Study as a National Imperative
American Academy of Arts and Sciences makes the case for increasing foreign language learning capacity in a political climate that's increasingly anti-global.
Online Ed's Return on Investment
New paper casting doubt about the merits of online education raises concerns, but also questions from researchers who say it is "seriously flawed."
Academic Minute: Religion and Guns
Today on the Academic Minute, David Yamane, professor of sociology at Wake Forest University, explores if religious people really do...
Opinion
Becoming Acquainted With Ambivalence
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’s assertion that faculty members tell students what to say and think distorts a basic fact: most professors are dedicated to teaching their students to think independently and critically, argues Susan Resneck Pierce.
Measuring Adversity
College Board pilots system to help colleges make admissions decisions about who is disadvantaged -- and evidence from one college suggests 20 percent of decisions might be different. But lack of emphasis on race concerns some advocates.
Opinion
An Invitation
We should acknowledge that many Americans believe that higher education is indoctrination in the dogmas of liberalism, writes Steven C. Bahls, and ask why this perception exists and what we can do to change it.
Silencing Advocacy That Irritates State Leaders
UNC board members want law school’s civil rights center to be barred from lawsuits and suing the state -- which the center has done with success in the past.