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7 Key Ways to Make Student Mentoring Matter
Four scholars describe what institutions can do -- and should not do -- to enhance the well-mentored undergraduate experience.
A Horizontal Move in the Right Direction
A horizontal approach to open educational resources reaches the most students in the quickest way possible, writes Daniel Williamson.
Opportunities Amid the Obstacles
Rather than withdraw from the Middle East and North Africa, colleges should encourage American students to study abroad in stable countries within the Arab world.
Words Out of Order
Scott McLemee highlights a half dozen catchphrases that have significantly overstayed their welcome.
What Do I Tell My Conservative Student?
A professor considers how he should advise such a student applying to Ph.D. programs in a STEM field.
The Ostrich and the Trend
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.
The Students the Lists Leave Out
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.
Openness and the Decline of the Textbook Author
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.