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Digital Divides
Scott McLemee reviews two books about our networked society that raise rather dystopian concerns.
Breaking Out of the Shadow College
Strengthening connections between credit and noncredit work-force programs at community colleges would be beneficial for students, writes Jim Jacobs.
Creating a Legacy of Fairness in Admissions
Low-income students face many more obstacles to earning a college degree than affluent ones. Preferences for alumni children shouldn’t be among them, argues Peter McPherson.
Remaking Higher Ed From Within
As learners and employers seek education and training that is cheaper, faster and better, forward-looking colleges and universities are embracing new roles as curators, certifiers and integrators, Kathleen deLaski and Rufus Glasper write.
What’s Missing in the Admissions Madness Discussion?
Certain ways of framing and covering the scandal are misleading and only reinforce exaggerated or inaccurate views of higher education, argues Margaret Dunning.
Academic BDS and the Calculus of Hypocrisy
The people who support academic boycott, divestment and sanctions are demanding academic freedom for themselves and their fellow boycotters but denying it to their students, argues Tammi Rossman-Benjamin.
How Wall Street Buys Ivy League Access
The recent admissions scandal reminds us that the most elite U.S. universities and the wealthiest Americans have long collaborated in plain sight to mutual advantage, writes Charlie Eaton.
Ethical College Admissions: Scandal
With admissions systems receiving more scrutiny than ever, Jim Jump wonders how higher education will respond.