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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.
From Strength to Strength
To promote real growth by students, colleges need to stop helping them avoid everything that dismays or offends, writes Judith Shapiro.
A Flexible Future
Elite research universities, which have been leaders in exporting modular courses and resources to other colleges, are considering using them at their own campuses.
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Tweet and You'll Miss It
It's time for professors to move beyond complaining about how students are distracted by social media, writes Michelle Miller. Faculty members need to teach about why attention matters.
Teaching International Students
As international student enrollments have skyrocketed, U.S. universities are just starting to sort out the implications for the classroom. Do professors need to adjust grading expectations for written assignments?
The N-Word, in Class
Black law students at Mercer seek removal of professor who used slur repeatedly.
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Assessing Assessment
Current efforts devalue learning and the responsibility of students for their own success, writes Christopher B. Nelson.
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Letting Faculty Drive
To combat the skepticism found in Inside Higher Ed's faculty survey on technology, colleges must give professors more control over how online courses are developed and delivered, Marie Norman argues.