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Is Ed Tech Serving Man?
Educational technology companies have some trust issues and should be required to prove that they're pursuing more than their own financial bottom line, John Katzman and Stephen Bailey argue.
Creating More Responsive Boards
The ways that many board committees and task forces operate today no longer make sense, warn Peter Eckel and Cathy Trower.
Saving the Humanities and Ben Franklin’s Ass
Assertions about the value of the humanities should not be predominantly defensive responses to those who mistakenly deride the economic outcomes of such an education, warns Robert Newman.
The Practical Humanities
They prepare students for the challenges they will confront in their professional, political, social and cultural lives, argues Elizabeth H. Bradley.
What's Really at Stake in the Harvard Case
For many students, experiences as members of a particular racial or ethnic group are central to their identities, and those identities should not vanish in the name of colorblind admissions, writes Nicholas Soodik.
Ethical College Admissions: A Focus on 'Fit'
A new report points to the need to challenge the cult of rankings, writes Jim Jump.
Billion-Year Spree
In On the Future: Prospects for Humanity, Martin Rees encourages us to think beyond the new norms of diminished and collapsing expectations, writes Scott McLemee.
A Road to Nowhere
Many community colleges rely too much on associate degrees that have little labor market value and too rarely lead to a four-year credential, Ryan Craig argues.