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The Approaching Storm? Or Impending Drought?

If recent events are any indication, students who serve as resident advisers are mad as hell and may not be willing to take it anymore, warns Lee Burdette Williams. Can we manage residence halls without them?
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5 Tips for ADA-Compliant Inclusive Design

Two faculty members recommend easy ways for enhancing student learning online while meeting compliance.
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Making the Second Time the Charm

The second chance for year-round Pell Grants also means a new opportunity for the U.S. Department of Education to get implementation right this go-round, Ben Miller writes.
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What Makes an Open Lab 'Open'?

As public universities divert resources into new kinds of learning spaces, they should promote collaborative and mutually enriching connections among students and institutions, write Robin DeRosa and Dan Blickensderfer.
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Why You Should Care About Remedial Math

If you are a faculty member who is not in math, know that what's happening in many math departments can be directly hurting your own department and possibly your teaching preferences -- as well as the students themselves, writes Alexandra W. Logue.
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Speaking of Speakers

With tongue firmly in cheek, David Galef describes U of All People's quest for an appropriate commencement speaker.
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Not Just Cash Cows

Colleges need to focus more on the particular needs of international students, who can often feel as if they are valued merely for the money they bring to their institutions, argues Rick Turner.
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Long-term View Needed for Cybersecurity Education

U.S. Naval Academy professor says demand for professionals with cybersecurity skills will climb to six million by 2019 -- but there will be a shortfall of 1.5 million workers.