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Have You Visited a Middle School Lately?
Generous financial aid packages will only go so far, writes Arlene Cash. Higher education needs to get involved in the lives of disadvantaged children well before they can apply to college, she says.
Stop Avoiding the Issue of Failing Boys
If colleges want to reach more students, and foundations and lawmakers want more graduates, they need to consider the real gender gap, writes Richard Whitmire.
Let the Restoration Begin
After years of attacks on science, the election of a science-friendly president makes now the time to push for the politically unbiased use of science in education and policy making, write Joseph Karlesky, Richard Pepino and James Strick.
The Moviegoer
Whatever happened to cinephilia? Scott McLemee loses it at the movies....
Meshing Speechwriting and Budget Making
President Obama's speech last week made good on his campaign promise to elevate higher eduation's domestic priority, writes Art Hauptman. But are his budget proposals adequate to meet the lofty goals he has now established?
Who Really Pays for Assessment?
A professor describes what accountability looks like on campus, and suggests that administrators or lawmakers be required -- when adopting requirements -- to estimate the hours needed.
Lost and Found in the Classroom
Ellen Goldberger considers ideas of the labyrinth and the maze -- and experience with mediation -- as she thinks about reaching her students.
The End Is Near
Carolyn F. Segal considers why so many pundits predict the demise of so many things.