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When Rating Colleges, Think Diving
We need a system that takes into account the difficulty of the task, and doesn't just reward educating the most well-prepared and most prosperous students, writes Walter M. Kimbrough.
Cram Sessions
If Wintercession and Maymester weren't short enough for you, David Galef explains U of All People's latest ideas for maximizing student learning (oh, and revenues).
This Is Tenure?
Todd C. Ream considers how "The Big Bang Theory" teaches the public about academic life.
The Unforgotten
A newly translated book ponders and celebrates archival research. Scott McLemee thinks it's a classic.
SAD Times in Academe
Peter A. Coclanis is tired of reading about the exhilaration of the start of the academic year.
What the Study Didn't Show
A new, much discussed comparison of student learning from non-tenure-track and tenure-track instructors downplayed its limitations and has been widely misunderstood, writes Edward Kazarian.
Bumpy Road to Reforming College
President Obama's plan to use data to change the financing of higher education will be derailed by potholes and dead ends if it isn't mapped out well, John Thelin writes.
The Promise of Religious Colleges
Though they may seem vulnerable amid the threats of higher ed "disruption," this time could be a propitious one for America's colleges of faith, Thomas Albert Howard argues.