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Are We Sure We’re Better Off Without Standardized Tests?
Many would answer yes, but have they really looked at all the evidence? Ben Paris asks.
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F. Scott and the Qatar World Cup
In watching the World Cup in Qatar in a world rife with whataboutism, David S. Busch reflects on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s definition of intelligence.
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First-Person Singular
Scott McLemee highlights forthcoming university press books of a more personal nature.
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The Global Significance of Fossil Fuel Divestment
We’re in a climate emergency, and it’s time for universities to take action, Sheldon Pollock and Jacqueline Goodman write.
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Deficiency Mind-Set Bedevils Developmental Math
Colleges should design pathways to meet students’ different preparation levels and goals rather than foist algebra on everyone in the name of numeracy, Ben Weng writes.
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Why I Enrolled in Developmental Math
Ashley Flood writes of enrolling in a developmental math course and convening a study group to help students who had failed before find success.
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Stewarding the Presidency
Concerned by the frequency in presidential transitions, Mark Putnam calls for a change in perspective.
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Holding the Line
Hollis Robbins shares her takeaways from that academic freedom conference at Stanford.