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College Presidents in Denial
Campus leaders are unduly optimistic about likely fate of race-conscious admissions, Richard Kahlenberg writes. He predicts Supreme Court decision will bolster role of socioeconomic class.
Affirmative Action Helped Me
Berneta Haynes might not be where she is without consideration of race in admissions and financial aid decisions -- and she's in a much better place, she argues.
Keep the Doors Open
President Obama's ideas about changing federal student aid policy to factor in "value" and "price" are likely to end up hurting low-income students and the colleges that serve them, writes Christopher P. Loss.
The MOOC Poem
With apologies to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Sherman Dorn considers the hype over massive open online courses.
Don't Tinker. Toss the SAT.
The "common core" movement led by the head of the College Board has made the organization's exam less needed than ever, writes Joseph Soares.
Opinion
MOOCs R Us
Thomas Friedman's latest celebration of massive open online courses is riddled with contradictions and shallow thinking, writes Carolyn Foster Segal.
Cardinal Questions
Can believers and unbelievers find fellowship? Scott McLemee looks at the 21st-century dialogue between faith and reason.
Opinion
Peer Grading Can’t Work
Jonathan Rees found much to like in a MOOC in which he enrolled, but writes that the use of students to evaluate one another does not work and undermines the role of professors.
Pagination
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