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University of Houston Cuts 40% of Core Courses

The University of Houston System Board of Regents has approved removing about 40 percent of the courses that counted toward...
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Under UT’s New Core Curriculum, Humanities Benefit but Faculty Are Limited

The new core will include a list of approved authors that faculty must select from to build their syllabi for certain courses, including Great Questions of Human Life and Masterworks of Literature.

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Opinion

Have You Ever Noticed … ?

Gen ed as cultural sense making.

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Opinion

Homer Is Having a Resurgence—but You Wouldn’t Know It in Higher Ed

Popular demand for The Odyssey couldn’t be higher, even as classics departments find themselves targeted for cuts.

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Don’t Wave the White Flag on Reading Just Yet

I spent part of my summer trying to explain to college students why they should read. Here’s what I found.

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What Are Your Students Learning in Their Summer Internships?

They may well be absorbing subtle lessons about workplace injustices. They need opportunities to reflect on them.

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Opinion

Law Schools Are Asking the Wrong Question About AI

The more interesting one is not about academic integrity. It’s about what it means to assess professional competence in a fast-changing field.

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Opinion

The End of the ‘Learn to Code’ Era

It’s no wonder students are walking away from computer science: We told them the wrong story. Here’s the right one.