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Post-Fact America

Christopher Newfield examines how the nation’s electoral divisions highlight fundamental questions about the role of public universities.

Shopping for Transfers

New company hopes to increase number of community college transfers by offering a marketplace for students and four-year institutions to better understand degree paths.

Rigor, Faculty Rights, Completion

Instructor says he was fired -- shortly after he complained to accreditor -- for refusing to water down his curriculum and requirements. Another instructor quit rather than comply.
Opinion

Who Is Smarter Than Whom?

Mike Rose explores the myriad status games in higher ed.

Which Groups Are Counted?

Potential revisions to the OMB's standards for collecting data on race and ethnicity draw interest from medical educators and anthropologists.

Phoenix Sale Delayed, Not Dead

Investors fret that the Education Department's lengthy scrutiny of the U of Phoenix's proposed sale means the deal might be nixed. Politics and optics might be reasons for the delay.
Opinion

What Trump Gets Right and Wrong About Conspiracy

If the presidential candidate were a student in our community college class, he’d have to do a lot more research, write Jed Shahar and Benjamin Lawrance Miller.

College as Food Broker

Northeast Texas Community College is connecting small farmers with the area’s residents in hopes of helping the agriculture industry and promoting health in the region.