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Universities, Consultants and ‘The Big Con’
How this book can help academic leaders think about ways to engage with consulting companies and consultants.
Matthew Desmond’s ‘Poverty, by America’
Somehow both on-target and disappointing.
Do Today’s Colleges Resemble 1970s Detroit?
Detractors point to bloated bureaucracies, complacency, declining quality, a lack of focus, broken business models and an inability to adapt. Do they have a leg to stand on?
ChatGPT and Writing Assessment, an Old Problem Made New
When it comes to assessing student writing, ChatGPT merely makes an enduring problem more apparent.
The Case for Having Class Outside
When end-of-semester stress reaches its peak, an outdoor class is an excellent remedy.
Limbo Revisited
Advice for students trying to decide where to go.
The Value of Stochastic Thinking
How ideas about randomness, chance, uncertainty and probability are radically reshaping the humanities and the social and physical sciences.
Expanding Transfer Student Opportunities
The Transfer Virginia portal’s transfer guide makes it possible for any Virginia community college student to learn about, plan for and transfer to programs across the state without credit loss.