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College Admissions Testing: Even More of an Arms Race

The changes to the ACT will only exacerbate the problems, writes Ben Paris.

A Not-So-Tidy Narrative

Students aren’t going to college just to get a job -- and that matters, write Michael B. Horn and Bob Moesta.

The Mathematics of Flourishing

Scott McLemee reviews Francis Su's Mathematics for Human Flourishing.

How First-Year Comp Can Save the World

What if the best about composition teaching, Deborah L. Williams asks, became the pedagogical default instead of the exception?

When Colleges and Universities Stop Making Sense

Higher education institutions and their leaders -- who claim to help graduates develop critical thinking -- are doing too little to combat the growing lack of reason roiling our society, Ryan Craig writes.

Against Recycling

The concept of self-plagiarism is peculiar and in some ways more interesting than ordinary plagiarism, observes Scott McLemee.

Strange Ed Fellows

Rabbi Daniel Lehmann describes how very different institutions -- for example, a secular, global university and a graduate theological consortium -- can come together to confront climate change and other pressing societal issues.
Opinion

Regional Public Universities Need Help Going Online

Online program management companies are facing criticism, but many underresourced institutions need outside partners to succeed, David Klock writes.