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‘At Home in Two Countries’

Peter J. Spiro’s At Home in Two Countries explores how globalization has turned dual citizenship from an anomalous and potentially dangerous condition into something almost commonplace, writes Scott McLemee.
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Creating Affordable Pathways

The University of Kentucky, as the state’s flagship institution, has a moral responsibility to provide access to students of limited means, write Eli Capilouto and Tim Tracy, and thus is radically shifting the ratio of merit to need-based aid to do so.
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David Gelernter's Scary Vision for the Future of Higher Ed

Why our edtech community must stand up to these crazy ideas.
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The Blunt Instrument Temptation

“Hiring Freeze!” “Across-the-Board Cuts!” “Zero Tolerance!” -- all bound to backfire.
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Mentoring Doesn't Matter

Mentoring is important for student outcomes. It's too bad so many institutions don't act like it.
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Taking a Closer Look at GradHacker

Taking stock of GradHacker's recent content.
Opinion

An Alternate Reading

Pushing back, hard, on the narrative that colleges should be run like businesses.
Opinion

Moving Beyond 2 Percent

Russell Olwell explores why mentoring students is often so low on the faculty agenda -- and what should be done about it.