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In Fighting Cheating, Character Counts
James Lang's recent book on academic dishonesty encourages professors to alter the learning environment to try to change student behavior. That's letting students off the hook, Jonathan Marks argues.
Faster Math Path
Accelerated remediation starts to catch on at California community colleges, but might be slowed down by public university transfer policies.
Culture of Completion
Students are asking faculty members to pledge to create a culture of completion.
Walking the Walk on Completion
Community colleges are trying proven completion strategies, but typically with only a limited number of students.
Blast from the Past
A former U. of Virginia grad student organizes petition to revoke invitation to Arianna Huffington to campus, citing allegations that she copied a former professor's work on Picasso.
New Faces of Civic Learning
More community and commuter colleges are striving to get students involved in civic engagement projects and courses, which have traditionally thrived at residential campuses.
Shift on Grad Unions
NYU offers to permit election on collective bargaining for teaching assistants, but not for research assistants. Move marks shift for university, but union leader says it is based on "arbitrary distinctions."
Less Choice, More Mainstreaming
Latino students need colleges and states to focus on completion as well as access, and to reform remedial education, Colorado's lieutenant governor tells fellow educators.