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The Particle Accelerator of Learning
Peter Stokes takes a peek inside the latest laboratory spawned by MIT and Harvard -- edX, the nonprofit MOOC provider.
Affordability and Value
The current political discussion of college costs is based on flawed assumptions about the market for high quality education, writes Alison Byerly.
A New Measure of Value
Ellen McCulloch-Lovell proposes a method to track the way colleges contribute to society in ways that go far beyond the salaries of graduates.
Revolution on Stage
A long-lost play about the Haitian slave revolt is out in a scholarly edition. Scott McLemee wants tickets.
Why the NCAA Will Play On
The college sports group is "reviled and legally besieged," but after 30 years of tilting at its windmills, Murray Sperber believes it is legally and politically invulnerable.
The Curious Case of Megan Thode
Carolyn Foster Segal discusses the lessons higher education might learn from the sad story of the student who sued her university over a C+ grade.
Writing in Private
Bob Blaisdell explains why his remedial English students so dislike writing in class -- and why he needs to get them comfortable doing so.
