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Legislation won't end remedial education, writes Nancy L. Zimpher. To make progress, all levels of education need to work together in new ways.
Durbin’s Higher Ed Opportunity
Yes, Congress should count military education benefits in the so-called 90/10 rule for student aid -- but it should go further in forcing all colleges to prove the value they provide with federal student aid, write Gunnar Counselman and Michael B. Horn.
Do Price Controls Help Students?
Critics say recent attempts to charge more for high-demand community college courses hurt low-income students. But they're hurt more, Nate Johnson says, if the only classes open to them are at costlier private colleges.
Culture Change for Learning
Colleges focus too much on rankings and pushing students through, and too little on academic rigor and quality. Change -- and not a little -- is needed across higher education, Richard Keeling and Richard Hersh argue.
Painter of Blight?
Love him or loathe him, Thomas Kinkade was the most widely known American artist of the last 20 years. Scott McLemee surveys his landscape.
In Defense of Frivolous Questions
Gizem Karaali, a mathematics scholar, decided to teach a seminar for first-year students with one of those course titles critics love to mock (Can Zombies Do Math?). Much was learned.
iPad for Academics, 2 Years Later
The much hyped device has lived up to its promise for scholars, but won't replace the laptop, writes Alex Golub.
U of Few People
A remaining student (channeled by David Galef) describes how U of All People looks in 2017 after yet another in a series of budget cutbacks.