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Return of the Online Predators
After years of scams, Bob Ubell says it’s time to shut down all for-profit institutions.
Newsworthy?
In Newsworthy: The Supreme Court Battle Over Privacy and Press Freedom, Samantha Barbas makes clear how much Americans' views about privacy have changed over time, writes Scott McLemee.
3 Counterintuitive Higher Ed Lessons From the NYPD Replacing 36,000 Smartphones
On communications, sunk costs, and desk phones.
What's New and Where It Fits
How are you addressing our changing information environment in your teaching? How do you make room for new realities and attendant controversies?
In Defense of Millennials
A challenge for X’er and Boomer readers.
The Plight of the Independent Scholar
Rebecca Bodenheimer describes the trials and frustrations of attending academic conferences when you’re unaffiliated.
Earning a Degree to Go to Camp
Coding boot camps act as an auxiliary to a college education, not as an alternative, and they use advertising and intensive admissions processes to find students who succeed, write Quinn Burke, Louise Ann Lyon and James Bowring.
5 Sweeping Student Tech Generalizations From a Sample Size of 2
On laptops, a preference for paper, and an inability to avoid Facebook.