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Beyond ‘Need’ and ‘Merit’
When awarding grants to college students, states should consider financial need, support timely completion -- and keep things simple, write Sandy Baum and Matthew Chingos.
Counterpoint: For-Profits and Philanthropy
Privately owned career colleges aren't at war with the nonprofit mission, writes Steve Gunderson; they're partners with it.
An Unrealistic Business Plan
The Committee for Economic Development's call for boosting higher education's performance without more public investment represents a major missed opportunity, writes Gary Rhoades.
Sending Catholics Running for Cover
Nondiscrimination policies like Vanderbilt University's that define who can lead student groups are evidence less of a campus "war on God" than of the tyranny of "inclusion," writes Louis Betty.
The Immersion Method -- I
Adam Kotsko writes that intensive, small-group discussion of great works of literature still offers uniquely valuable paths to teaching and learning.
The Immersion Method -- II
Virgil W. Brower writes that courses based on intense discussions of great works of literature need not be limited to elite institutions.
Old-School Publishing
Greedy publishers, overworked scholars, unnecessary books and too much hype...Scott McLemee reports on academic publishing, circa 1600.
Reforms With Promise
Early results suggest community colleges could see significant gains in efforts to move students through remedial mathematics, but they will need to adopt nontraditional approaches, write Anthony Bryk and Thomas Toch.