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What’s Wrong With Too Many Required Courses
They can have unintended consequences, writes Donal O’Shea. And the trick is to find those that actually improve student learning.
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Protect Scholars Against Attacks From the Right
As right-wing groups scale up their attacks on higher education, colleges and universities need to take bold steps to support scholars who are being targeted, argue Jessie Daniels and Arlene Stein.
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Ethical College Admissions: Harvard's Revoked Acceptances
Jim Jump considers the issues raised by the university taking back offers over bigoted posts on social media.
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It's Time to Change the Conversations on Majors and Income
Prospective students (and their parents) need better information, which may surprise them, writes David H. Feldman.
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Language Learning and National Security
The White House’s proposed budget cuts to language and exchange programs will make America less able to communicate with and understand our allies and potential adversaries abroad, argues Karl Eikenberry.
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MOOCs Moving On, Moving Up
Cathy Sandeen looks back at her past predictions and claims about massive open online courses to see how they’ve held up.
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Fall Forward
Scott McLemee continues to survey some of the upcoming publishing season’s offerings.
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It’s Time to Ask Why Online Learning Isn't Working
Jing Liu questions the effectiveness of distance education, but says coupled with the development of learning science, it can do better.