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Remediation Is Badly Broken
Remediation should not be eliminated, writes Stan Jones, but its delivery needs to be transformed.
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How Much Regulation Is Just Right?
With debate raging over college ratings, David R. Anderson asks a straightforward question and outlines an answer.
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Without Feathers
A new book describes the history of resistance to the income tax. Scott McLemee celebrates April 16 with a look.
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Not New, Not Surprising
Higher ed leaders need to stop the "sky is falling" rhetoric about a football players' union, writes Daniel J. Julius. The athletes follow a long line of academic employees who turn to collective bargaining when real economic and non-economic needs are ignored.
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Removing the Blindfold
It's time to admit that peer review doesn't work the way people think it does, writes Katrina Gulliver.
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Innovator or Protector of Status Quo?
Critics say accreditation is a barrier to innovative thinking in higher education. Twenty years of evidence shows otherwise, Adrianna Kezar argues.
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Student Activism Worldwide
Protests in many countries are a reminder of the importance of understanding the political movements that emerge from campuses, write Philip G. Altbach and Manja Klemenčič.
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Hope and Climate Change
A new book tries to find grounds for optimism in the face of ecological upheaval. Scott McLemee warms to the effort.