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Where Analytics Go Wrong
Jeff Aird says until higher ed uses analytics in a self-aware and brutally honest way, it can’t fix the growing problems with student success and retention.
Global Threat Assessment
Debora Diniz’s historical and ethnographic study Zika: From the Brazilian Backlands to Global Threat illuminates the emergence of the disease and how global health organizations have dealt -- and not dealt -- with it, writes Scott McLemee.
What’s Wrong With the Attack on Amy Wax
While we may not agree with what she says, we in academe should defend her right to say it, argues Jonathan Zimmerman.
Worse Than It Sounds
Megan McClean Coval warns of the dangers of Congress’s proposed cuts to the Pell Grant reserve fund.
Should We Be Worried About High School Grade Inflation?
James S. Murphy explores the question in light of a recent study on the topic.
Ethical College Admissions: Trump and Other Parents Writing What They Shouldn't
Jim Jump writes that parents shouldn’t be finishing any part of their children’s applications.
Why Chief Academic Officers Should Also Be Chief Enrollment Officers
Matthew Poslusny writes that provosts should have responsibility for both recruiting and retaining students.
A Call for Curricular Coherence
Proliferating course offerings can overwhelm and confuse students and make a college education seem like a box-checking exercise rather than a cohesive and comprehensive intellectual endeavor, argues Loni Bordoloi Pazich.