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Online Learning Shouldn’t Be ‘Less Than’
Sean Michael Morris asks: Are we giving our online students an education with all the nuance and complexity they deserve?
Do We Know What History Students Learn?
It's not enough to say that they pick up critical thinking skills, write Sam Wineburg, Joel Breakstone and Mark Smith. It's time to offer evidence.
The Liberal Arts and the Meaning of a University
The claim that cutting back on certain liberal arts majors means that an institution cannot be a university makes assumptions that are worth examining, writes Greg Summers.
Ethical College Admissions: David Hogg, Laura Ingraham and Rejections
Jim Jump considers how the current controversy relates to college admissions issues generally.
Wild, Wild 'Westworld'
Scott McLemee reviews Westworld and Philosophy, a collection of essays to be published shortly before the second season of the HBO series begins.
Academe vs. U.S. Gun Culture
Rebecca Dyer highlights the growing movement to divest from gun manufacturers.
Facebook’s Professor Problem
The social media platform is using academic pedigrees to whitewash unethical practices, Mark Bartholomew writes.
Educational Improvement at the Meso Scale
Small-group collaborations like the Empirical Educator Project can help bridge the gap between local innovations and national ones, and between college leaders and companies, Matthew Rascoff and Bridgette Martin Hard write.