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Training the Foreign Policy Experts We Need
The Education Department's critique of a Middle East studies program is part of steadily growing government skepticism about the value of academic knowledge of the rest of the world, Mitchell L. Stevens and Cynthia Miller-Idriss write.
Thinking Outside the Digital Box, Part II
Curtis Newbold offers 10 ways that online programs can inject more in-person touches into the curriculum.
The Costs of Overpromising
It is impossible to identify and treat all the college students who experience anxiety and depression, and we must determine which groups we can effectively assist, argues Billie Wright Dziech.
Ethical College Admissions: Standard Strong, ALDCs and Lops
The Harvard affirmative action ruling provides important lessons on how the university admits students, writes Jim Jump.
5 Years Is Not Fast-Tracking
Far too many campuses don’t make it a priority to immediately deal with what they know can be impending disaster, argues Susan Resneck Pierce.
Opinion
Prelude to a Pricing Paradigm Shift
Why hasn’t tuition in online education tumbled, and what will it take to drive the price down? Ryan Craig asks.
What Is It Like to Be a Cat?
Scott McLemee reviews Understanding Animals: Philosophy for Dog and Cat Lovers by Lars Svendsen.