Filter & Sort
When a Handshake May Not Be Enough
Contemplating a college's decision to replace its humanities requirement with a course based on a popular self-help book, Carolyn Foster Segal suggests some other readings it might consider.
Competency vs. Open-Ended Inquiry
Competency-based education and more "personalized" degree programs offer false promise, writes Amy E. Slaton, and could actually worsen inequality in higher education.
Striking the Right Match
"Undermatching" and poor matching are much broader problems in education than emphasis on competitive college admissions suggests, writes Elaine Tuttle Hansen. It's time to look at the entire educational system.
Nought Else Being Equal
The pundits have chewed over the question of inequality. Sociologists have different perspectives. Scott McLemee looks at an agenda-setting new book.
Accreditation and Autonomy
Our imperfect system of quality assurance is what gives American higher education a degree of independence from the government interference we see elsewhere in the world, writes Alexander Astin.
Let's Unbundle
There are risks in rethinking the faculty role in higher education, but professors should try to find the best ways to do so, writes Josh Wymore.
Let’s Scramble, Not Flip, the Classroom
We need a new instructional model to replace the lecture-only format, but let’s not simply replace one rigid approach with another, Pamela Barnett argues. Rhetoric matters.
We Need Ed Schools
The right incentives can attract top students to university-based programs to train teachers for high-need schools, writes Arthur Levine.