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A Thursday Night March
Hundreds of stories, families, and hopes fill a stadium at one community college's commencement.
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Faculty Culture Is Fractured
Professors, connected yet isolated by the Internet and other factors, are seeking to revive collegiality via the faculty club.
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For-Profit Colleges Consider New Competition From Nonprofits
At their annual convention, company officials discussed the impact of competency-based degrees, MOOCs, and other online programs.
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Academic Scientists Hail Supreme Court's Rejection of Gene Patents
The court said sequences of naturally occurring genes cannot be patented. University scientists said the decision "opens up the field" for genetic testing and research.
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Crusader for Better Science Teaching Finds Colleges Slow to Change
Carl Wieman is a Nobel winner and a longtime proponent of research-driven methods to improve science instruction. Why won't more professors listen to him?
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New Test to Measure Faculty Collegiality Produces Some Dissension Itself
The gauge identifies good and bad behavior in the academic workplace. Many professors have their doubts.
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As States Try to Curb Abortion, Future Doctors Fight for Training
As political opposition grows, fewer medical schools and residency programs include abortion care in their curricula. If they can't do the procedures, students ask, who...
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In Ominous Letter, a Trustee Blasts Howard U.'s President and Board Chair
The letter calls for a no-confidence vote, saying Howard is "in genuine trouble" and "will not be here in three years" if trustees don't act now.
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Wired Campus: MOOC Students Who Got Offline Help Scored Higher, Study Finds
One of the first things researchers have learned about student success in massive open online courses is that in-person, one-on-one teaching still matters. -
Wired Campus: New Research Effort Aims to Examine Effectiveness of MOOCs
As more and more colleges experiment with massive open online courses, a project hopes to cut through the hype and determine whether the courses actually work. -
Wired Campus: As Course-Management Market Gets More Competitive, Instructure Raises $30-Million in Funds
Instructure announced on Wednesday that it had won $30-million in venture-capital funds, and some observers said it is gaining ground on Blackboard, which has long dominated the... -
After One Door Slams Shut, Another Presidency Beckons
Jeremy D. Brown left the presidency of Dowling College last year and now will lead a community college with almost 20 times as many students.
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Gordon Gee, Ohio State's Gaffe-Prone President, Will Retire
The highly paid leader, who is known as much for the foot in his mouth as the bow tie on his neck, is stepping down after more than 30 years as a college chief.
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Transitions: Noted Librarian at U. of Michigan Moves to U. of Illinois; Robert W. Fogel, Economic Historian, Dies at 86
John P. Wilkin will become dean of libraries and university librarian at the University of Illinois on August 16. Read about that and other job-related news.
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My Spouse, My Rival, My Fellow Winner
Academic couples may find they collaborate, but, even in unintended ways, they also compete. And sometimes it turns out well.
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Digital-History Expert to Lead New-Media Center at George Mason U.
Stephen Robertson, a historian at the University of Sydney, will become director of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media.
The Chronicle Review
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Against Environmental Panic
Conservationist rhetoric has come to assume a self-flagellating, apocalyptic fervor.
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The Gallic Gadfly
Pascal Bruckner is fast becoming the leftist intellectual whom conservatives love to quote.
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Civility and Sex Speech
The goal shouldn't be to make nice; it should be to create space for thoughtful discussion.
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Congress Is Back
Congress offers an unruly focus for research. But it's a crucial one, and it's finally getting its due.
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Found in Translation
An English professor learns an important lesson when her Spanish-speaking students read poems aloud.
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Book Gangs of New York
In the chaotic world of 1930s New York, a modern-day scholar finds the story of a conniving book thief and the shrewd library investigator who sought to stop him.
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When College Becomes a Risky Investment
Families are less price-resistant than they should be, which makes it easier for colleges to increase tuition.
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In Online Partnerships, Legal Compliance Is Key
When nonprofit colleges team up with for-profit companies, the colleges need to protect themselves.
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Just Look at the Data, If You Can Find Any
We need more openness about the career outcomes of doctoral education.
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Let's Give the Rich and Powerful Their Own NCAA Division
If colleges do not act soon to resolve the tensions between commercialism and education in athletics programs, a resolution will be imposed upon them.
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On Hiring: The 'Secret' Members of Search and Tenure Committees
Attention, job seekers and new hires: Being rude to support staff could come back to haunt you, Gene Fant writes.
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On Hiring: A Pedagogy's Punctuated Equilibrium
A junior faculty member reflects on his growth as a teacher and says he feels as if he finally has a pedagogical philosophy to state.
