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Don’t Capitulate. Advocate.
The MLA's proposed reforms for graduate education need to be challenged, write 10 humanities scholars.
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A Question for Every Answer
David N. DeVries considers what it means to live a life grounded in the liberal arts.
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Skewered by Social Media
Campus officials have always faced criticism of their decisions and policies. But this era of digital speed and anonymity threatens the tradition of civil (but difficult) discourse between administrators and students, Lee Burdette Williams writes.
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Stop Focusing on Failure
Too many colleges are focusing their analysis of student data to find the students likeliest to fail. Instead, they should identify which interventions will help which groups of students succeed, Dave Jarrat writes.
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More Short Than Venti?
The new Starbucks scholarship program is being set up in a way that will limit participation levels, and shouldn't be viewed as a national model, writes Robert Kelchen.
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It’s Andragogy, Not Pedagogy
Andrew Joseph Pegoda says it's time to stop talking and thinking about teaching and learning with a term focused on children, not adults.
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Don't Call Them 'Kids'
If faculty members want students to act like adults, they should treat them as adults, writes Sean A. Valles.
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The Trouble With Trustees
It's time to be honest about the way some board members are hindering the work of their institutions, writes Patrick Sanaghan.