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A Course Refresh This Summer

Summers traditionally bring the opportunity to refresh and update the courses we teach, and they also bring the chance to look afresh at the course of our own personal careers.

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Opinion

Why Shared Governance Can’t Solve Today’s Student Success Challenges

Higher education has a knowledge problem.

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‘The Devil Wears Prada’ and Higher Ed

What can we learn about the last two decades in higher education from the career of Miranda Priestley?

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We Owe Online Learners an Honest Definition of ‘Professional Certificate’

A guest post by Cornell’s vice provost for external education, Paul Krause.

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We Have Never Taught Critical Thinking

AI just makes those failures evident.

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Want an Evidence-Based Way to Motivate Your Students? Try Specs Grading

Nine out of 10 faculty who switched to a specifications grading system reported it resulted in higher-quality student work.

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Coordinating Colleges at the City Level

Could we create metro-area councils to better organize the work that postsecondary providers do for their communities’ learners, employers and citizens?

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‘Gerontocracy in America’: A Review

At times, generational bias is actually strong enough to defeat self-interest.