Filter & Sort
OER Disrupting Textbook Marketplace
Denise Wydra says New York state’s pursuit of free and inexpensive course materials is changing the traditional textbook landscape in fundamental ways.
Using Digital Storytelling to Transform Learning
Three University of Minnesota staff members write that by employing multimedia and expert sources, students consider issues from multiple viewpoints and better analyze problems and potential solutions.
Klan 2.0
In The Second Coming of the KKK: The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s and the American Political Tradition, Linda Gordon emphasizes broad patterns, making the book more timely than even the headlines of the past few days would suggest, writes Scott McLemee.
When Activism Came to My Hometown
Monuments to racism, hate and prejudice must be removed, writes Larry Moneta, but only through legitimate, law-abiding processes.
One Way College Leaders Can Truly Stand With Charlottesville
It’s one thing for unwelcome racists to invade our campuses, quite another to have dead racists honored on them, argues Leidy Klotz.
Toward a Culture of Self-Care
If greater numbers of institutions implement such programs, they will be better able to promote student success, to produce higher levels of research and to serve as exemplary educational models, write Shari Tarver Behring, Carolyn Jeffries and Michael Spagna.
Ethical College Admissions: Affirmative Action and Asian-Americans, Again
Jim Jump writes that the real issue may be the rapid increase in the number of applicants, not overt discrimination.
Reclaiming the Mission of College Admissions
Meredith Twombly describes how Hampshire College rejected conventional wisdom and reshaped its policies.