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Career Path Intervention -- Via a MOOC
A new open online course at Wesleyan serves students contemplating career paths and alumni who want to rethink theirs. Can the online format help liberal arts institutions become more practical?
A University Helps Its Peers Go Online
As an early adopter of online learning, Franklin University built a strong technology and content infrastructure -- which it is now deploying with other colleges that want to start or expand their own digital course offerings.
Student Affairs Leaders Lean Left
A new survey shows that administrators are overwhelmingly progressive -- is more ideological diversity needed in the field?
Obama Student Loan Rule to Take Effect
Federal judge rejects challenge to 2016 borrower-defense rule, clearing the way for new benefits for borrowers, including tens of thousands who attended defunct for-profit colleges.
Economists Address Allegations Against Elected Officer
The American Economic Association’s Executive Committee addressed allegations of harassment against a recently elected candidate for internal office. “It has...
UT Knoxville Faculty Senate Opposes Posttenure Review Policy
The Faculty Senate at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville unanimously approved a resolution asking the university system’s Board of...
DeVos, Murray Spar on Twitter
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos typically takes a fairly anodyne approach to social media. But she went on the attack Tuesday...
Academic Minute: Hair Cells
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Amherst College Week, Josef Trapani, associate professor of biology, says that understanding hair...