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Classify With Care
As the Carnegie Classifications are revised in their new home, it's important to remember the importance of simplicity and clarity, writes Philip G. Altbach.
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What About Learning?
As we debate the Obama administration's plan for rating colleges, it's worth noting that the most important thing that goes on in higher ed is missing from the framework, write Carol Geary Schneider and Daniel F. Sullivan.
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The Walking Dead in Higher Ed
Colleges and universities need to get serious about assessing student learning -- but should stop the grim march of viewing it as a compliance requirement, writes Geoff Irvine.
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Short in Academe
Katherine Aidala writes that people expect her to talk about the challenges of being a woman in physics. But at her height, another issue dominates.
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A (Football) Tale of 2 Universities
Alabama-Birmingham's decision to drop football should inspire other universities that bleed red ink and sacrifice their integrity to play the sport, write Richard Vedder and Joseph Hartge.
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From Strength to Strength
To promote real growth by students, colleges need to stop helping them avoid everything that dismays or offends, writes Judith Shapiro.
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Rethinking Everything … Literally
Working with a group of students who are linear thinkers by nature has forced Lee Burdette Williams to block that metaphor.