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Why Chief Academic Officers Should Also Be Chief Enrollment Officers
Matthew Poslusny writes that provosts should have responsibility for both recruiting and retaining students.
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Ethical College Admissions: Trump and Other Parents Writing What They Shouldn't
Jim Jump writes that parents shouldn’t be finishing any part of their children’s applications.
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Should We Be Worried About High School Grade Inflation?
James S. Murphy explores the question in light of a recent study on the topic.
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Worse Than It Sounds
Megan McClean Coval warns of the dangers of Congress’s proposed cuts to the Pell Grant reserve fund.
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What’s Wrong With the Attack on Amy Wax
While we may not agree with what she says, we in academe should defend her right to say it, argues Jonathan Zimmerman.
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Global Threat Assessment
Debora Diniz’s historical and ethnographic study Zika: From the Brazilian Backlands to Global Threat illuminates the emergence of the disease and how global health organizations have dealt -- and not dealt -- with it, writes Scott McLemee.
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Where Analytics Go Wrong
Jeff Aird says until higher ed uses analytics in a self-aware and brutally honest way, it can’t fix the growing problems with student success and retention.
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The Numbers Won’t Speak for Themselves
An high-profile legal case about Mexican-American studies demonstrates why academics should become publicly engaged in issues in contemporary society, argue Nolan L. Cabrera, Stephen Pitti and Angela Valenzuela.