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In Defense of Calvin College
While Calvin College seeks to ensure that the values that guide its teaching and scholarship will be Christian, it still encourages critical thinking, writes Michael K. Le Roy.
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Trigger Warning: Academic Standards Apply
Howard V. Hendrix explains a new way he plans to deal with what some students characterize as the stress of his too-high demands in class.
Loud and Clear
Study details tool to help professors measure how much active learning is happening in their classrooms.
Silencing Advocacy That Irritates State Leaders
UNC board members want law school’s civil rights center to be barred from lawsuits and suing the state -- which the center has done with success in the past.
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An Invitation
We should acknowledge that many Americans believe that higher education is indoctrination in the dogmas of liberalism, writes Steven C. Bahls, and ask why this perception exists and what we can do to change it.
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Becoming Acquainted With Ambivalence
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’s assertion that faculty members tell students what to say and think distorts a basic fact: most professors are dedicated to teaching their students to think independently and critically, argues Susan Resneck Pierce.
Teaching and Integrating International Students
Various surveys look at biggest academic challenges international students face and the availability of professional development opportunities for professors teaching in intercultural classrooms.
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Are Great Teachers Poor Scholars?
David N. Figlio and Morton Schapiro share the results of a study in which they examined what, if any, link exists between the two.