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Why Assessment Is a Waste of Time
Among other things, assessors routinely ignore standard design principles and practices that are considered essential in most valid research.
Why We Decided to Protect Our President
Controversial decisions, late-night travel, explicit threats -- the president may have brushed them off, but as a governing board, we chose to look at them from a different perspective, writes Marsha Suggs Smith.
Academic Humblebrags
David Galef demonstrates, with a wink, how to perfect the modest utterance that’s actually a boast.
Cannabis and the Mission of Higher Education
Despite expanding legalization of recreational marijuana, regular cannabis use has the potential to adversely impact students’ personal happiness and productivity throughout college and for years to follow, says Jon Porter.
Brave New World
Scott McLemee delves into The Quantified Self by Deborah Lupton, a study of how digital self-tracking is insinuating itself into every nook and cranny of human experience.
Fighting Campus Carry
Matthew Boedy, a professor who played an active role in the successful fight against legislation to allow guns on campuses in Georgia, shares the lessons he learned.
When a B Isn’t Good Enough
The traditional definition of at-risk students is wrong, and we need to do more to help students caught in an institutional blind spot, write Angela Baldasare, Melissa Vito and Vincent J. Del Casino Jr.
The Language of “Privilege” Doesn’t Work
It can shut down conversations before they become meaningful, and it is not a particularly useful phrase to incite change in the minds or actions of others, argues Stephen J. Aguilar.