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Rethinking Gen Ed
Amid concerns that requirements may not mean much to students or professors, Harvard and Duke Universities both look to curricular changes to improve undergraduate education.
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The Economy of Cheating
Colleges and universities may try to address academic cheating as a moral or pedagogical problem, but it's really about something entirely different, argues Carol Poster.
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Let's Focus More on the First Year
Students enter college hoping it will be a major step up from what they were doing before, writes Roger Martin, but they are often disappointed.
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The 21st Century's J.D.
Whether it is San Bernardino or Sandy Hook, the Sept. 11 attacks or urban police shootings, a certain (perhaps surprising) academic field is the glue that tries to keep people’s lives together, argues John L. Jackson Jr.
Computer Science as Liberal Arts 'Enabler'
Liberal arts colleges are increasingly exploring interdisciplinary connections to find a place for computer science on their campuses.
No More 8 A.M. Classes
A university in Michigan has great news for the bleary-eyed but hopes at least some of them will still get up early.
Professors Can Learn to Be More Effective Instructors
Studies of faculty development efforts at a liberal arts college and a land-grant university suggest the programs can have an impact on student outcomes.
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In Defense of Small Things
When Christopher Schaberg thinks back on his liberal arts education, he sees that the small things often contributed most to his experience.