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Holding the Line
Hollis Robbins shares her takeaways from that academic freedom conference at Stanford.
Analyzing the Return on Investment for Online Education
Authors of a new book discuss why colleges should gauge the return on investment for online learning and the cultural impediments to doing so.
New Programs: Mechatronics, Urban Design, Intraoperative Neuromonitoring
Berkshire Community College is starting an associate of science degree in mechatronics. Cornell University is starting a master of science...
New Programs: Business and Entrepreneurship, Government, Exercise Science
Lawrence University is starting a major in business and entrepreneurship. Paul Smith’s College is starting a B.S. in government and...
A Matter of Public Concern
An Auburn professor spoke out about athletics officials advocating for an otherwise unpopular major in which football players were clustered and lost his chair. A jury says he deserves more than half a million dollars in damages.
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Gentrification Matters
Scott McLemee reviews Leslie Kern’s Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies.
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Mispricing Tuition
Charging history or English majors lower tuition in line with lower labor costs could attract back students who have been abandoning the humanities, Fidel J. Tavárez writes.
Clarity, Confusion on ‘Regular and Substantive Interaction’
The Education Department has left room for online colleges to innovate while maintaining eligibility for federal financial aid. But the lack of clarity carries some risk that colleges could run afoul of unarticulated rules.