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Separating Education From Credentialing
Technology think tank says standardized testing by outside groups and alternative forms of credentialing could create helpful competitive pressure on higher education and the traditional college degree.
Creating the Right Climate Survey
When the White House urged colleges to conduct these surveys in 2014, there were few choices. Now there are many, but no consensus on which works best.
Opinion
Is It a Push or a Pull?
Perhaps we in higher ed should consider motivating students to graduate by focusing more on what they have left to do than what they have already done, argues Alexandra W. Logue.
Calls for Unity and Civility
After a tense summer nationally, and fearing a return of campus protests, college officials call for a peaceful start to the academic year.
Opinion
Yes, It Was Plagiarism
Sections of Melania Trump's speech were, in fact plagiarized, and the scandal shouldn't be trivialized, writes R. Scott Rasnic.
Opinion
The Politics Beyond the Plagiarism
Calling Melania Trump a plagiarist gives her a kind of agency the Trump campaign probably didn't intend for her to have, argues Jonathan Beecher Field, and the incident involves far larger issues.
Grateful but Undeterred
Columbia U announces major pay increases for graduate student workers ahead of a major NLRB decision on their union eligibility. The would-be union is happy but says collective bargaining is still the way forward.
A Costly Debate
Presidential election events become riskier proposition for colleges amid rising security concerns and financial costs.