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Veterans at Selective Colleges, 2017
Wick Sloane’s annual survey shows that 36 highly selective colleges are enrolling 722 former military service members this fall. That’s more than last year, but still an embarrassment, he argues.
Solving the Work Force’s Skills Gap
It requires offering a broad-based education in which digital skills are developed throughout the entire curriculum and a wide array of co-curricular experiences, write Kimberly Cassidy and Gina Siesing.
Itchy Twitter Finger
Scott McLemee examines The Trump Presidency: Outsider in the Oval Office, the first book about Trump's first year in office to be published by a scholarly press.
Creating Effective Instructional Videos for Online Courses
Salena Rabidoux and Amy Rottmann provide instructors easy-to-follow tips and techniques for developing evergreen videos that engage students.
Fostering Open Minds Online
One of the most useful practices is to establish netiquette guidelines, which are indispensable for teaching about inequality and oppression, writes Abby L. Ferber.
Big-Name Problems for Academe
Billie Wright Dziech examines whether academe, as well as the film industry, will finally decide to deal decisively with the challenges of sexual harassment.
Rethinking Educational Access
Higher education can no longer focus only on young people and preparation for life, writes Arthur Levine. We need to expand our vision to include reskilling and upskilling Americans across their whole lifespan.
What Admissions Officers Know (and Don't Know) About Military Service
A problem, some solutions -- and a quiz.