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Narrower Pathways to a Bachelor's Degree

Statewide transfer agreements alone won't fix the leaky pipeline between community colleges and four-year institutions, write Davis Jenkins and Joshua Wyner.
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Let Them Eat Cake (Competently)

Competency-based education, the new darling of postsecondary disruption advocates, threatens to further stratify higher education, writes Steven Ward.
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Why EQUIP Really Matters

The U.S. Education Department's new experiment with alternative models of higher education can unleash the next era of postsecondary innovation, Daniel Pianko argues.
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Professors as Purveyors of Praise

We shouldn't shield students from challenging discussions or material, argues Domenick Scudera, but if we perceive them as being too sensitive, we should teach them how to gain strength -- not scold them for being weak.
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Refereeing Religion?

Recent actions by the National Labor Relations Board jeopardize the fundamental First Amendment right of Catholic universities to apply their own conception of their religious-educational mission, argues Reverend Dennis Holtschneider.
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Averting Tragedy Before It Occurs

Someone often is aware that a person is planning an attack before it occurs yet does not effectively intervene, writes Michael L. Sulkowski.
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Turn and Face the Strange

Some people lived through early discussions of postmodernism and performativity, says Scott McLemee, thinking it sounded like David Bowie, minus the genius.
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Teaching Ourselves to Teach

College and university faculty members should work with mentors, coaches and colleagues to continually reflect on their own practice of teaching, write Kenneth Sharpe and Elizabeth Bolton.