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3 Cheers for Associate Degrees
Stephen Joel Trachtenberg writes that it's time to stop treating those who don't finish at a four-year college as failures.
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Presidents in Denial
How is it possible that the leaders of American colleges and universities think that their institutions are doing well on race relations? asks Marybeth Gasman.
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Tenure as Citizenship
In the current system, tenured professors essentially report to no one, adjuncts are like migrant workers, and administrators have little actual power, Josh Wymore argues.
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Competency as One Answer
Competency-based education is not a panacea for the cost and quality crisis facing higher education – but no one is claiming that it is, writes David Schejbal.
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World Literature, Indian-Style
At the Jaipur Literary Festival, Martin Puchner writes, worries about the future of the humanities aren't needed.
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Moving Up from the Inside?
Two adjuncts discuss career paths that are possible and others that are closed off.
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Teach, Don't Mock
Sure, student emails show all kinds of flaws, writes Jared Berezin. That's why they create a great teaching opportunity.