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On Them: Giving Students What They Want
Why shouldn’t our students feel entitled? We've relieved them of responsibility in the classroom, writes Michael Bugeja, who suggests some more effective strategies.
What the Freshmen Are Reading
Many common reading assignments this year focus on issues of diversity, free speech and immigration.
Reorganizing Away the Liberal Arts
Professors fear University of Tulsa abandoning its historic commitment to education beyond job training.
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A Strategy for Campus Belonging
Catherine Epstein describes the importance of building community through intellectual pursuits and how small, intensive learning communities can help overcome the divides on campuses today.
Coding Curriculum in a Box
CodePath.org, a nonprofit boot camp, offers ready-made, industry-approved coding courses to colleges and trains students to teach them for credit.
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High-Impact Practices Work
At a time when some people question the value of higher education, preparing students for successful, satisfying lives through such practices is crucial, argues Richard F. Vaz.
Curriculum Sharing Without Limits
Two Canadian colleges agree to share academic programs with each other at no charge -- to save their government money and speed their ability to offer new offerings to students.
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Students, Would You Like Fries With That?
To be treated as a worthless and expendable member of society is, unfortunately, all too common in service-industry jobs, but this culture has now infected college classrooms, argues Liz Mayo.