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CBE and Skills-Based Hiring: 2 Sides of the Same Coin

The rise of competency-based education responds to the growing demand from employers for skills-based hiring, Jillian Klein writes.

An image of Jennifer Hochschild's tweet, which reads: "How about also [sic] scrutinize websites and c.v.’s, e. g. Rufo’s? The Harvard extension school has wonderful students—I teach them—but it is, admirably, open admission. Not what people usually mean by 'master’s degree from Harvard,' which Rufo has claimed. Hound him out of office??"
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Pretty Much the Only Thing I Learned From the Harvard Disaster

A social media skirmish points to problems in how colleges view continuing ed, Ryan Craig writes.

Student protesters have unfurled a large banner that features the Palestinian flag's colors and reads “When people are colonized, resistance is justified.” More protesters can be seen in the background, some holding signs that say things like “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” and “resistance against colonization is a human right.”
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Are Students Embracing Ignorance? Or Violence?

Whether or not chanting students understand what “from the river to the sea” means, higher ed has failed them, Moti Mizrahi writes.

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In Defense of Remedial Math

Corequisite math isn’t for everyone, and remedial math can be transformational, Gerald Arnell Williams writes.

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FAFSA Fiasco

Admissions counselors should exercise empathy and flexibility this cycle, Jim Jump writes.

From left, four witnesses who testified during a congressional hearing Dec. 5 on antisemitism: Claudine Gay, then president of Harvard University, Elizabeth Magill, then president of University of Pennsylvania, Pamela Nadell, a professor of history and Jewish studies at American University, and Sally Kornbluth, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. All four women sit at a long witness table as they listen to questioning.
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The Humiliation of Higher Ed

We’ve entered a new stage in the culture wars, Jennifer Ruth writes.

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Sports Costs Are an Affordability Issue

It’s time to stop saddling students with the out-of-control costs of Division I sports, Michael F. Cavanagh writes.

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The Case for a More Strategic Financial Management System

Robert A. Brown makes a case for a centralized financial management system.