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Policies and Conversation
Colleges need to focus not only on policies to prevent sexual assault, but on the importance of students talking openly about these issues, writes E. Gordon Gee.
'Hitchcock à la Carte'
A figure in the pantheon of cinema -- and a gourmand extraordinaire. Scott McLemee reviews a new study of the great director's body of work.
Will Ratings Displace Accreditation?
The Obama administration’s proposed system could substitute federal officials’ judgment of institutional quality for peer review by academics, Judith Eaton argues.
STEM, not STEAM
Concern about the arts could dilute an important national effort focused appropriately on science and technology, writes Gary S. May.
Professors Should Define Student Success
Faculty members should lead the process of redefining how colleges determine if students are ready for careers and life -- with the help of the Degree Qualifications Profile, Norm Jones and Harrison Kleiner argue.
Techno Fantasies
Audrey Watters and Sara Goldrick-Rab challenge Kevin Carey's The End of College.
Shatterer of Worlds
It's compact, direct and mind melting -- and now its story has been told. Scott McLemee meditates on The Bhagavad Gita: A Biography.
The Two Cultures, 2.0
The real divide in higher education today is between faculty members and the education technology industry, writes David G. Halsted.