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The Season of Leaving
Employee departures can range from awesome to awkward. Sam Minner discusses how best to handle them, and who should decide how the departing are feted.
Grow Your Own Plants
In an era in which real dialogue is largely displaced by enclaves of the like-minded, colleges should focus on giving students effective ways to listen, think, converse and cooperate, Ryan Hays argues.
A Step Backward for Students
New federal rules on financial aid disbursement are supposed to protect students and save them money. In some ways it will do the opposite, writes Thomas J. Snyder.
Friday Fragments
"Security deposit refunded upon graduation," packing, a great first day.
Experimenting With Open Online Office Hours
Leveraging consumer platforms for learning innovation.
Summer Reading: danah boyd’s It’s Complicated
A book for anyone working with teens or with people who have recently been teens - and for everyone else, too.