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A President’s Return to Being a Student
A college leader can gain not only new knowledge but important perspective, writes Michael J. Sorrell.
General Ed Cheap and Easy
Inside Higher Ed explores JumpCourse, an online education platform, after a former professor finds that a course lacks rigor and sophisticated sense of its subject matter -- even as the American Council on Education vouches for its quality.
CliffsNotes for Credit
Daniel F. Sullivan tried out one of the new alternative providers of online education -- and emerged horrified that the courses have been recommended for credit.
Is Indentured Servitude Really a New Idea?
The wrong solution to any number of problems.
Alt-Ac Challenges, Continued
A guest post by University of Iowa’s Wayne Jacobson.
Guest Blog: Podcasting the Academy, Except not the Academic Parts
An experiment in podcasting as academic community building and, believe it or not, trying to have some fun.
The Crisis of Corruption
While there is considerable anecdotal evidence that corruption is a serious international problem in higher education, it is difficult to define, confirm and catalog the phenomenon.