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Mr. MOOC Comes to Washington
Education Department leaders huddle with hotshots of higher education "disruption" and college leaders to talk about encouraging innovation.
Opinion
A New Faculty Path
It's time to rethink the role of professors in a way that focuses on student learning and moves past the divide between those on and off the tenure track, write Adrianna Kezar, Susan Albertine and Dan Maxey.
First Things First
U. of Hartford faculty recommends cutting several programs to invest in others, becoming the latest college to reject the "having it all" mentality in favor of focus on sustainable programs.
A Disruption Grows Up?
Competency-based education is poised to spread, with expected backing from the Education Department and new ground charted by Southern New Hampshire University.
'Cheating in College'
Amid recent scandals, authors discuss new book on "why students do it and what educators can do about it."
Marketing to the MOOC Masses
Elsevier will offer free (but basic) digital versions of one of its textbooks to MOOC students through edX, hoping it will drive traditional sales.
Got Milk?
An American U. professor set off a debate over breast-feeding in class. Not everyone agrees on that issue, but most experts say colleges should make it easy for breast-feeding employees to pump. Are institutions doing their part?
Opinion
Wheelchair Citizenship
There's more to the American past than able-bodied pioneers. Scott McLemee reads A Disability History of the United States.