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Guest Post: Ungrading and Assessing the Unassessable

A guest post from University of Illinois at Chicago lecturer Keegan Lannon on wrestling with alternative grading.

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An Open Letter: On Elite Education and Pulling Up Ladders

In a letter to someone in a position of power who received a degree from the same institution, Rachel Toor pleads with a certain pol to consider his attacks on higher ed.

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Transparency Now or Regulation Later

The debate over higher education’s worth has shifted from societal benefit to individual return on investment. Colleges that embrace cost transparency and affordability can prove their value on their own terms—before lawmakers mandate it.

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Rethinking College in Indiana

A national lesson with local urgency.

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Leading Through Moral Injury

Instead of a politics of divide and conquer, we can choose collaboration; instead of scarcity narratives, we can seek abundance and equity, Leonie H. Mattison writes.

Joseph Edlow, a light-skinned man with gray hair and glasses, wearing a business suit and burgundy tie, speaking at a Senate confirmation hearing. He is sitting at a table and speaking while members of the audience are visible behind him.
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No, OPT Isn’t a Guest Worker Program

But if it were, it’d be a model one, James Kaemmerer writes.

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A Response to ‘The Transfer Credit Myth: How Everything We Know About Excess Credits May Be Wrong’

A differing perspective on what’s myth, what’s real and what’s needed.