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Class Size Matters
Deborah J. Cohan suggests strategies for generating discussion and engagement in large classes.
Mixed Reactions to New Head of HBCU Initiative
White House ends months of waiting by naming new leader of its HBCU initiative. Some observers cautiously welcome the pick, while others note his lack of experience working in academia or government.
Who Is Blocking Campus Speakers Now?
Incidents at Harvard and Catholic Universities challenge idea that liberals are the only ones preventing ideas from being voiced on campuses.
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Let's Trash Unsupported Course Requirements
Neither time or money should be wasted by requiring students to sit in large lecture halls, taking introductory-level courses from an arbitrarily-chosen bucket of courses, write Arthur "Tim" Garson Jr. and Robert C. Pianta.
Newly Tenured … at Bemidji State, DePaul, Elizabethtown, Francis Marion, Frostburg State, NYIT, Pennsylvania Highlands CC, U of Dallas
Bemidji State University Bill Joyce, accountancy Elizabeth Kujava, criminal justice Jeanine McDermott, nursing Cory Renbarger, music Jill Stackhouse, geography Misty...
Tweet Fallout: ‘Future Dead Cops’
John Jay College places adjunct on leave, citing safety issues after social media post is widely condemned in New York City.
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A Call for Curricular Coherence
Proliferating course offerings can overwhelm and confuse students and make a college education seem like a box-checking exercise rather than a cohesive and comprehensive intellectual endeavor, argues Loni Bordoloi Pazich.
Harvard Rescinds Chelsea Manning's Fellowship
University acts amid uproar over her selection.