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Intersession Solitude
Saint Mary's College of California challenges students to a technology fast during an interim term course on the benefits of disconnecting from social media.
Scrutiny of Scholar's Emails
Legal fight at University of Kansas over emails from a professor who has received funding from the Koch brothers sets off a debate about undue influence and academic freedom.
Experimenting with Competency
The Education Department will loosen financial-aid rules for 40-plus colleges as they experiment with competency-based education and prior learning assessment.
Opinion
An Intimate Education
The Great Books can be relevant and life-changing for classes of low-income students and for those fortunate to teach them, writes Tamara Mann.
Critical University Studies
Scholars at MLA discuss how their teaching -- and an emerging field of criticism -- reflects challenges facing academe.
Online, Size Doesn't Matter
Adding students to sections has no impact on outcomes, according to a large national study.
Pop History
From Little House on the Prairie to comics to flappers, historians at annual meeting discuss the pleasures and pitfalls of teaching popular history.
Opinion
What About Learning?
As we debate the Obama administration's plan for rating colleges, it's worth noting that the most important thing that goes on in higher ed is missing from the framework, write Carol Geary Schneider and Daniel F. Sullivan.