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Bringing Guilds to Colleges
William G. Durden offers a practical proposal for reinventing liberal arts education.
Angry, Galvanized and Ready
College students organize protests and become activists on gun reform after the deadly shooting in Florida.
Academic Help, Under One Roof
Centralizing a range of academic services has boosted their use at Hampshire College.
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Educate or Execute?
Professors and teachers should not ever be expected to carry firearms to police their classrooms, writes Joshua Grubbs, a faculty member who is also a gun owner.
Overconfident Students, Dubious Employers
A new study identifies the gaps between graduates' views of their skills and the views of those who hire them.
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Skills Don’t Matter (Outside Their Context)
Colleges and universities shouldn't care about, or recognize, skills that aren't woven into a program of study that gives them meaning, Johann N. Neem argues.
Valuing Learning, Wherever It Occurs
The American Council on Education has announced plans to evaluate skills learned in the workplace, putting a key higher ed organization in the middle of the alternative credentials landscape.
Collaborating on Completion
New project from land-grant university association will bring 100 institutions together to work on improving student completion rates and closing achievement gaps.