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The Cal State chancellor's office is looking to break the course bottleneck and, in the process, could change life sciences education by ending in-person lab experience for many non-majors.

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Equity Gap Widens

Community colleges struggle to serve a growing share of disadvantaged students, report finds, while public funding skews toward four-year institutions.

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Gag Orders
on Sexuality

Female college athlete comes out as gay and no one bats an eye -- until it's learned her coach told her not to. The case of Brittney Griner at Baylor is indicative of the culture of women's sports.

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Free Apps

Reed eliminates its application fee in a bid to secure more applications, particularly from low-income students who could benefit from the college's need-based aid.

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$420M and 4,314 Students Later

Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program is graduating its last students. The program, which operates in 22 developing countries, has focused on students from marginalized groups with a commitment to social justice.

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Quick Takes

New Complaints Against Colleges on Sexual Assaults

Obama Threatens Veto of Republican Student Loan Bill

Green Light for Competency-Based Ed at Capella

13-Time Dropout Indicted for Financial Aid Fraud

U.S. Releases 'The Condition of Education 2013'

Wellness Director Facing Harassment Charges Is Fired

Soft Benefits for Domestic Partners at U. of Georgia

Academic Minute: Rural Origins of Baseball

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Higher Ed in 2018

Jeb Bush and Randy Best predict a period of significant change for colleges and universities -- from a provider-driven model to a consumer-driven model.

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Me Studies

A faculty member drafts a fake job ad to consider what's wrong with higher ed today.

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Career Advice

Defining Terms

To do an alt-ac search, you need to know the possibilities that are out there, write Brenda Bethman and Shaun Longstreet.

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Blogs

Technology and Learning

EdTech Customer Advisory Boards

May 23, 2013

If you are a decision maker for edtech purchases you probably have been approached at some point about joining such a group.

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University of Venus

Digital Humanities
as Cognitive Dissidence

May 23, 2013

Las humanidades digitales como disidencia cognitiva.

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Student Affairs and Technology

Using iMovie and Keynote to Make a Web-Based Keynote

May 23, 2013

The virtual keynote experience.

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The World View

The Preoccupation with China

May 23, 2013

It is difficult to imagine a university today that does not have (or is not considering) a China strategy. What is our preoccupation with China about?

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