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Conventional wisdom says Asian-American applicants face higher hurdle than others at elite colleges. Federal probe raises question of whether differential standards can be proven and -- if so -- would violate the law.
 
A gathering of presidents from more conservative Christian colleges discusses what to do about controversies surrounding gay and lesbian students.
 
Blog-borne debate about a study on the relationship between social media and scholarly communications reaches new levels of meta.
 
The growing popularity of short-term internships over winter and spring breaks gives students more time in the workplace, but raises questions of equity and value.
 
Senators agree tuition can't keep growing, though their ideas differ on how to address the problem.
 

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For all the hubbub about massive online classes offered by elite universities, the real potential game-changer in higher education is competency-based learning, writes Ryan Craig.
A techno-phobe professor at U of All People experiments with the iPhone's voice-activated assistant -- and the results aren't pretty. David Galef surveys the damage.

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In the first of a two-part series on yearly reviews, Elizabeth Simmons suggests how faculty members can frame their self-evaluative essays in ways that help them and their institutions.

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