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Change the Discussion on Standardized Tests

It's time to move away from absolutist positions for or against, write Don Hossler, Jerry Lucido and Emily Chung.
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Ethical College Admissions: Consistency

Colleges may have motives to be inconsistent in admissions decisions, but high school counselors rely on some degree of consistency, writes Jim Jump.
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A Long View of Me Too

High-profile cases of sexual harassment have dominated the media, social and otherwise. Scott McLemee comments on a new book of essays that might push the discussion forward.
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What Assessment Is Really About

Measuring student outcomes is ultimately about trying to improve teaching and learning, and professors should both support and lead such efforts, writes Kate Drezek McConnell.
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Bringing Guilds to Colleges

William G. Durden offers a practical proposal for reinventing liberal arts education.
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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.
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Award Season

Nicholas Soodik asks why so many colleges are vague or confusing in their letters to accepted applicants about financial aid eligibility.
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Ethical College Admissions: Responding to Parkland

Jim Jump reviews the way college admissions officials have responded to the tragic killings at a Florida high school.