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Essays That Feed the Soul

Irina Eremia Bragin describes why and how she encourages student to write essays that entertain, engage and elevate.

Risky Gimmick or Risk Sharing?

Udacity and some boot camps offer money-back guarantees despite state bans on job-placement promises in higher education. But some say the offers are a form of risk sharing worth considering.
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Failing to Improve Critical Thinking

The problem flows directly from the structure of the current college experience, writes Ben Paris.

When Art Offends (and Isn't Understood)

Salem State invited artists to create works inspired by election. Several paintings, created by critics of Trump, were intended to draw attention to oppression. But minority students were offended -- and university shuttered exhibit.

Gains and Losses in R&D

Within NSF’s rankings of top 25 institutions in R&D expenditures, 14 institutions are up at least one spot, while six are down at least a notch.

'Feast or Famine' for Humanities Ph.D.s

Some doctorate earners emerge with high levels of debt, while a growing number have none. For a plurality, teaching assistantships are top source of revenue, but that's not the case for most other disciplines.
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Teaching in a Time of Trump

The distress that students now feel over the election of Trump runs deeper than fear of what the administration plans to do, argues Mark Bauerlein. It signifies the fall of the diversity-sensitive propriety that has guided much of their lives.

Being Watched

New website seeks to register professors accused of liberal bias and “anti-American values.”