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A recent blog post was wrong about massive open online courses, Arshad Ahmad and Barbara Oakley write. MOOCs aren't the promised panacea, but they are neither dangerous nor dead.

By Arshad Ahmad and Barbara Oakley

The emphasis on the uniqueness of each incoming class in annual lists of student worldviews perpetuates the assumption that the college population is mainly composed of recent high school graduates, writes Hollis Phelps.

By Hollis Phelps

The emerging model of openly licensed educational content makes pedagogical as well as financial sense for today’s higher education market, fostering inclusivity and knocking down the wall between writer and reader, writes Brian Jacobs.

By Brian Jacobs

Claiming that academics are failing to engage with the general public is intellectual laziness at best and anti-intellectual posturing at worst, argues Adam Kotsko.

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Don Hossler, Jerry Lucido and Emily Chung consider legacy preferences, early decision and other issues and draw attention to a key fact: the limited number of slots at elite institutions.

By Don Hossler et al.

Jim Jump considers the flaws of U.S. News rankings.

By Jim Jump

In a letter to trustees, Rachel Toor explains why a university should take its students out of harm’s way.

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It protects scientists and advances the discovery of promising treatments that can improve the lives of both people and animals, writes Mar Sanchez.

By Mar Sanchez