Curriculum
Bowdoin College Suffers From 'Moral Deficit,' Report Argues
A 377-page report from the National Association of Scholars decries liberal bias at the 219-year-old college in Maine.
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What We Don't Talk About on the Admissions Tour
Real, heartfelt stories about learning would inspire prospective students far more than another glossy brochure.
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Do Poor Career Prospects Radicalize Imams?
A doctoral student at Harvard says Muslim clerics with weak professional networks are more likely to preach violence. -
Why Do Historians Insist on Dividing Us?
Human relations have been characterized by contact and interconnection more than by conflict and antagonism.
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Writing With Soul
One of the problems with much scholarly writing is that it often seems to come straight from central processors.
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MOOC's Take a Major Step Toward College Credit
In a pilot project, the American Council on Education will evaluate five to 10 Coursera offerings and may recommend that colleges grant credit for them.
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Dallas Campus Should Focus on Job Market, Panel Says
A committee of civic leaders stuck to many of the ideas that consultants from Bain & Company suggested for the University of North Texas at Dallas.
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Heal the Academic-Vocational Schism
Status-conscious traditions have kept faculty apart, hampering efforts to blend their curricula and hurting their students.
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Student Journalist Whose Video Played Role in Brazilian Arrests Hopes to Inspire
Calyn Shaw, a student at the University of British Columbia, helped produce a video to accompany a New York Times article about the murder of an indigenous leader.
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'No DH, No Interview'
What does the future hold for graduate students who are riding the digital-humanities bandwagon?
