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No Silver Bullet
Fixing remedial education will be much more complex than reformers and policy makers acknowledge, writes Hunter Boylan.
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Remediation Is Badly Broken
Remediation should not be eliminated, writes Stan Jones, but its delivery needs to be transformed.
Parental Role in Athletes' Academics
Athletes' parents can be especially influential on their kids' career aspirations, and not necessarily in a good way, one study suggests.
Registering Toward Completion
A simple yet uncommon approach to get students to graduation faster: let them sign up for the entire year's classes at once.
Competency as One Answer
Competency-based education is not a panacea for the cost and quality crisis facing higher education – but no one is claiming that it is, writes David Schejbal.
Common Reading Canned
Citing cost and lack of data showing benefits of a common freshman reading, Purdue cuts its program, but faculty members want it back.
Beyond Plagiarism
Professors always tell their students to make ethical choices in using outside sources. But what about those students who misrepresent texts unintentionally?
The Sky Isn't Falling
Rhetoric about ed tech at SXSWedu and ACE meetings is more sober than soaring, as academics and experts talk about how to use emerging models.