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Colleges Should Validate Their Claims
In wake of numerous reports of colleges submitting false information, Myron Roomkin argues that institutions should audit the data they share publicly about their academic performance.
Literature of Chinese Capitalism
On a literary lecture tour in China, Martin Puchner finds much interest in how American authors responded to industrialization in the 19th and 20th centuries.
My Ride to the Airport
Nate Kreuter reflects on how some chance encounters made him feel welcome at a large university -- and pointed him forward.
The End Run
Last week's proposal out of California would give for-profit higher ed legitimacy it has long sought, and undercut the role of accreditation and the authority of public universities to control the quality of their programs, writes Tressie McMillan Cottom.
Gay at a Christian College
A faculty member describes the choice of staying in the closet or losing a job.
Pride and Persistence
Bob Blaisdell remembers a student who tried and tried but could not master the skills needed in remedial English.
The Curse of Non-Cursive Writing
There are skills that keyboards don't teach, writes Rob Weir.
Teaching Students to 'Lean In'
The debate over a Facebook executive's book about women points to skills that colleges need to promote in their female students, write Becky Wai-Ling Packard and Jessica Bacal.