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Research, Books and Publishing, Faculty
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Assessment and Accountability
Bennett College, to keep its accreditation and access to federal aid, follows a playbook used by other small religious colleges.
Global, Foreign Students
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Digital Learning
This month's episode of our technology podcast features an interview with the co-founder of a new communication platform designed to replace the LMS.
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President Trump's executive order is all about protecting only certain kinds of speakers, argues Patricia McGuire -- those toward the right side of the political spectrum.
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Conversations on Diversity
March 25, 2019
It would have been so much easier if the principal opponents of LGBTQ inclusion in the Methodist church were all rich, white, male, arrogant vulgarians.
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