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Ethical College Admissions: Waiting Lists as Cruelty… or Necessity
Jim Jump considers the implications of colleges that opt not to admit or reject.
Disability Parking Spots Yet to Be Filled
Higher education institutions should establish new rules and regulations regarding hiring process for disabled faculty members, argues Amir Haji-Akbari.
The Impatient Patient
Scott McLemee explores Barbara Ehrenreich’s Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer.
Gen-Ed Revision Could Be Gen-Ed Reduction
In an era of record student debt and continuing retention challenges, it's worth asking whether we might find ways to cut general-education requirements by half, argues Zachary Michael Jack.
Online Learning Shouldn’t Be ‘Less Than’
Sean Michael Morris asks: Are we giving our online students an education with all the nuance and complexity they deserve?
‘Quit Lit’ Then and Now
Grant Shreve notes that the genre dates back to the 1970s, and considers the differences between the writing of that era and today.
Do We Know What History Students Learn?
It's not enough to say that they pick up critical thinking skills, write Sam Wineburg, Joel Breakstone and Mark Smith. It's time to offer evidence.