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Ethical College Admissions: Rightsizing
George Washington U's plan to shrink is worth watching, writes Jim Jump.
Platinum Parachutes Revisited
Perhaps it is time for college and university governing boards to consider whether current and future students should have to pay for failed presidencies, argue James Finkelstein and Judith Wilde.
Interdisciplinary Action
Scott McLemee reviews Catherine Lyall's Being an Interdisciplinary Academic: How Institutions Shape University Careers.
A String of Scandals
William G. Tierney describes the mistakes that brought down the University of Southern California.
Technology 1, ‘Credential Society’ 0
Randall Collins’s recently reissued 1979 book arguing that education and training are about credentialing rather than skills rings false in the digital age, Ryan Craig argues.
Don’t Romanticize Faculty Governance
We faculty members are capable of both intellectual rigor and self-serving small-mindedness, astounding courage and craven pettiness. We are and are not special, writes Kathryn D. Blanchard.
The Problem With Diversity Questions
We would do well to replace them with more tangible queries about teaching and mentoring, argues Alex Small.
Ethical College Admissions: Chicago Declares Test Optional a Success
The policies deserve a careful look, writes Jim Jump.