Should different economic classes have different colleges? And should those colleges have different missions? I’m not talking about the elite-of-the-elite letting in a few scholarship students, as welcome as that is. I’m thinking more of art history and philosophy at community colleges.
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February 23, 2012 - 3:00am
Eleven research university provosts explain why they back open access -- in Congressional legislation and on their campuses.
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February 22, 2012 - 3:00am
American politicians love American exceptionalism -- or at least to talk about it. Scott McLemee wonders if they know the concept's odd history.
February 22, 2012 - 2:59am
Bipartisan federal legislation would give taxpayers and students data about college programs' labor market returns -- without imposing onerous regulations, writes Mark Schneider.
February 21, 2012 - 3:00am
Colleges need to let high school students know that they value genuine experiences more than the quantity of Advanced Placement courses they take, writes Stuart Schmill.
February 20, 2012 - 3:00am
Andrew Gillen proposes some refinements to William J. Bennett's 25-year-old hypothesis tying federal financial aid to tuition increases.
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Wick Sloane, who writes the Devil's Workshop column for Inside Higher Ed, has embedded himself at Bunker Hill Community College.
Essayist, critic, and digital feuilletonist. He writes the Intellectual Affairs column for Inside Higher Ed.
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Mama PhD
February 23, 2012 - 4:28am
My partner, Ted Hardin, and I will be in New Orleans on Thursday for the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU) meeting on general education and assessment. (We’re just missing Mardi Gras, darn it!) We are helping to deliver the keynote speech with biologist James P. Collins on “Learning and Discovery in an Era of Change.” We’ll be focusing on environmental issues and how interdisciplinary practices affect new forms of teaching and student learning.
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February 22, 2012 - 9:49pm
Research can be one of the great levelers, since different people throughout the institution have different knowledge and ideas about how the institution or school is perceived externally, based on who they interact with and how long they’ve been part of the organization.
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February 16, 2012
Michael Clifford, investor in for-profit colleges, and Bob Shireman, architect of Obama administration's regulation of the sector, debate higher education quality, online education, and other issues.
February 15, 2012
Do advertisers aim hidden messages at the public? Scott McLemee examines a cultural history of concealed influence.
February 14, 2012
William Major wants his students to know what Frederick Douglass taught himself about the power of literacy and the importance of choices.
February 13, 2012
Apple's new tools make it possible for anyone to design textbooks and courses -- but is that necessarily good for students and professors? Alan Reid asks.
February 10, 2012
The federal government could create small savings accounts for every newborn child, and change the equation on paying for college, write Reid Cramer and William Elliott III.
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