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Opinion

The View From an RPU: What Rebuilding Trust in Higher Ed Actually Requires

Leaning into competency-based education is one answer.

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Canvas Pauses Data Delivery Due to Potential 'Security Threat'

Two months after Instructure made a deal with hackers to salvage troves of stolen user data, the company—which owns the...
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Opinion

A Practical, Scalable Template for Oral Exams

Yes, it can be done, even in classes with dozens of students.

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Opinion

What if the U.S. Government Owned Stock in AI Companies?

Who is responsible for compensating Americans for jobs lost to AI?

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Opinion

We Need a New Science Funding Playbook

Researchers can borrow from the start-up world to sustain science as a public good.

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To AI-Proof Lawyers, Some Law Schools Restrict Technology

Last week, the University of Chicago Law School announced a ban on laptops, tablets and phones in the classroom. The goal is to help students develop critical oral argument skills, which AI likely won’t take over from human lawyers any time soon.

Western Governors University President Scott Pulsipher, a white man with some gray at his temples, wearing a gray suit jacket over a white shirt, speaks at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a regional office in Washington, D.C.

Western Governors President on the State of Online Ed

Scott Pulsipher explains why Western Governors is expanding and why he thinks competency-based education will continue to grow.

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Opinion

The Case for a Professional Foundation in Librarianship

We should resist calls for credential erosion. If anything, the need for a foundational M.L.S. has only grown in this era of information abundance.