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Black Learning Matters

We in higher education talk a lot about access, but we rarely include in that discussion access for all students to a rich and genuinely diverse curriculum, argues W. Robert Connor.

Completion and the Value of College

The college completion agenda reaches an inflection point as the Obama administration ends and the nation increasingly focuses on jobs and college value. Experts assess shifts in the completion push and what comes next.

Defining the Master's Degree

With programs growing, graduate schools group tries to create a framework for curricula and expectations across diverse fields.

What Remains of Tenure

Wisconsin regents aren’t done changing the way faculty members are evaluated. This time, they are seeking to give administrators independent power over posttenure reviews -- a move faculty groups oppose.

Reaching ‘New Majority’ Students

New book explores different classroom strategies for teaching first-generation, underrepresented students.
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Exile Off Main Street

In Exiled in America: Life on the Margins in a Residential Hotel, author Christopher P. Dum portrays not only inescapable squalor but also efforts to create order in seriously damaged lives, writes Scott McLemee.
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Helping Students Embrace Discomfort

In a democracy, students need to learn to live with a high tolerance for ambiguity, writes José Antonio Bowen.

The Case Against Oversimplified Accountability

Focus on any single labor market metric to judge colleges’ outcomes will create flawed policy, but a mix of such measures can help evaluate institutions’ performance, scholarly study finds.