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Children's Books: Grown-Up Lessons
Candy Lee shares some of the lessons she's learned teaching a college course on tackling tough subjects using picture books.
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Virtual Learning Should and Can Be Hands-On
Alexis R. Abramson, an engineering dean, provides advice on how to replicate the experiential learning of labs, group projects and field research in virtual and hybrid classes.
New Programs: Engineering, Higher Education, Herbal Products, Architecture
Alvernia University is starting majors in electrical, industrial and mechanical engineering. Boston College is starting a part-time executive Ed.D. in...
Faculty Confidence in Online Learning Grows
Survey finds significant increases in professors' confidence in virtual learning and their sense of support from their colleges -- but continuing concerns about equity for underrepresented students.
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Meeting the Instructional Challenge of Distance Education
Alexander Astin outlines some specific pedagogical practices that might enhance student involvement online and warns against a course content approach.
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Needed: A New Rehearsal Space for Democracy
General education represents the best and last chance for students to debate broad human problems, yet far too few institutions are giving them the opportunity, argue Andrew Delbanco and Jon Parrish Peede.
New Programs: Ethnic and Race Studies, Actuarial Science, Marketing, Music Technology, Global Affairs and Business
California Lutheran University is starting a major in ethnic and race studies. East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania is starting an...
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Reimagining Service Learning in the Digital Age
An ideal education in 2020 will give students the tools -- both physical and digital -- to work with their neighbors to improve the lived circumstances in their communities, writes Laken Brooks.