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What Matters Most: Quality, Access, Outcomes and Sustainability
Kevin Carey's critique of the corporate role in inflating the price of online education singled out 2U. In this essay, CEO Chip Paucek answers back.
The Subtle Erosion of Academic Freedom
President Trump’s recent executive order requiring that colleges protect free speech takes attention away from the three stronger forces weakening academic freedom, Johann N. Neem argues.
Ethical College Admissions: Dialing for Dollars
Is everyone haggling for financial aid? Is haggling kosher? Jim Jump considers the issues.
Before Varsity Blues
Lessons the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign learned from its own admissions scandal a decade ago are still relevant today, write Kevin Pitts and Andy Borst.
It's ‘Never Enough’
Scott McLemee reviews Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction by Judith Grisel.
Who Owns the Bachelor's Degree?
Community college presidents believe they should be allowed to award bachelor's degree to reach students left behind by traditional four-year institutions. Growing evidence says they're right, Mary Alice McCarthy writes.
An Asset Perspective on First-Gen Students
A necessary recognition of very real challenges facing such students should be balanced with helping them express the distinctive knowledge and skills they bring to college, argues William G. Durden.
Supporting First-Generation Students
Alecea Standlee recommends some policies and practices that college administrators and faculty members should consider to help such students succeed.