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Schoolhouse Showdown
A historical study of clashing values in teachers' unions appears as Chicago teachers suspend strike. Scott McLemee asks the author for context.
Chapel Hill’s Sad Lesson
Holden Thorp’s resignation as North Carolina’s chancellor shows that “putting presidents in charge” is a hollow slogan in big-time college sports, writes Robert Malekoff.
Strengthening the Core
Richard R. Schramm writes that the Common Core State Standards may well succeed where previous reform efforts have failed.
Clear Expectations on Readiness
Colleges and policymakers could help more students succeed by making non-academic college readiness part of Common Core standards, write Melinda Mechur Karp and Rachel Hare Bork.
Opinion
Focus on Party Hosts
To prevent alcohol-related deaths of students, colleges need to get realistic about campus culture, and to be willing to help those organizing social events with booze do so in safer ways, writes Rick C. Jakeman.
Why the Great Cheat
Harvard students -- just like Lance Armstrong -- have already reached a summit, so why do they feel the need to break the rules? That's what happens when we make outcomes more important than the experience, Steve Gimbel argues.
Talkin' 'Bout My Generation
Berkeley and Mario Savio are typically held up as the higher ed symbols of the '60s. John Thelin argues that Mitt Romney and Harvard's M.B.A./J.D. program complete the portrait.
Why FERPA Is Unconstitutional
The Supreme Court's reasoning in its ruling on President Obama's health care law should undermine a student privacy law that colleges often abuse to hide information that should be public, writes Frank LoMonte.