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Strictly silos
I got a bit of a shock last week; it reminded me just how strongly the disciplinary culture rules at...
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Admission to higher education in Brazil: the ENEM debacle
On November 7, 2010, 3.3 million Brazilian secondary school graduates, hoping for a place in a university, took the National...
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Are colleges that expose confidential student records vulnerable to class-action lawsuits? No.
Nice try, Mr. Grande, the plaintiff's lawyer, but I don't suspect there will be any cigars. Many articles on the...
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Thanksgiving: Binge or Break?
Kerry Ann Rockquemore reviews two approaches by academics to the holiday.
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Open Letter to SUNY Albany
Gregory A. Petsko writes about why he, a scientist at another university, is alarmed by planned cuts in foreign language programs.
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Professing While Female
Where does professors’ authority in the classroom come from? On one level the answer is simple: it comes from our...
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Mapping the Terrain of Online Education
Two surveys released earlier this month add detail to the map of online education in the United States. The 2010...
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Undermatching
The phrase was new to me but the concept and the consequences are very familiar. William G. Bowen, in giving...