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In Search of a College MVP
What is higher education’s version of the minimum viable product -- the smallest, simplest unit that meets the public’s needs? Developing it will be a key goal for college leaders over the next decade, Ryan Craig argues.
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Transforming the Value Proposition
For quite a long while, American higher education has been adrift in a devolving eddy of self-pity while remaining largely silent on the great social issues of our times, argues Patricia McGuire.
Student Press Under Pressure
A new report finds that university administrators aim to intimidate and censor content of student news organizations, violating basic principles of press freedom.
Stabbings Terrify Ohio State
University police officer shoots and kills student who drove into a crowd and then started attacking people with a butcher knife.
'Feast or Famine' for Humanities Ph.D.s
Some doctorate earners emerge with high levels of debt, while a growing number have none. For a plurality, teaching assistantships are top source of revenue, but that's not the case for most other disciplines.
How to Punish 'Student-on-Student Cheating'
NCAA orders Notre Dame to vacate two seasons of football wins after an athletic trainer completed course assignments for several players. University says punishment is too harsh.
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Stemming STEM Dropouts
Traditional textbooks and teaching resources in these vital fields are simply not as effective as we need them to be, argues Smita Bakshi.
Battling Student Hunger
Universities, even with slim data, are not waiting for slow-moving government policy to help hungry college students.