Filter & Sort
Online Courses as Good as In-Person Classes
Fred Lokken disagrees with a recent “Views” contributor who wrote that online education isn’t working -- and provides data to prove his points.
‘Digital Prospects’
Byung-Chul Han’s In the Swarm: Digital Prospects describes how our society is well down the road toward a dramatically different, digital world. Much harder to discern, writes Scott McLemee, is where, or if, Han sees an off-ramp.
Maximizing Mobility
Leveraging new data can help low-income students climb the economic ladder, writes Michael Lawrence Collins.
Texting to New Perspectives
Beyond offering opportunities to communicate quickly with family, friends and even teachers, texting also provides some intellectual benefits, argue Missy Watson and Madhuri Karak.
What We Talk About When We’re Not Talking About Engineering
Kristin Boudreau describes how a play by a student has fostered a vitally inclusive space at a predominately engineering college.
Keeping up with the Clery Act
By reviewing common pitfalls in reporting campus crimes, higher ed administrators can protect their students and avoid massive institutional fines, write Hayley E. Hanson and Anne D. Cartwright.
Our Zombies, Our Selves
Scott McLemee writes of the recent passing of George A. Romero, the “godfather of zombie film,” and how his work was simultaneously horrific and satirical.