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2 janvier 2018

Funding reform for schools and higher education dominated much of the conversation in 2017

The year 2017 is finally coming to an end. How much do you remember about the year in education news? In true education fashion, I created a handy pop quiz to test and improve your knowledge. Let us know in the comments how you scored. More...

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2 janvier 2018

Changes, and Not

By Matt Reed. Mass killings and normalcy.
We went to a party hosted by some family friends for New Year’s. Most of the adults were our age, give or take, and most of the kids were around our kids’ ages. At one point, the hosting Dad started to do karaoke. More...

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2 janvier 2018

I'm Awesome, and You Probably Are Too

By John Warner. A week ago Monday I posted a kind of lament over the person I used to be and the path I once desired – professor of creative writing – and how I’d “failed” to achieve that goal. More...

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2 janvier 2018

Controversial Professor Quits

By Scott Jaschik. On Thursday, he announced on Twitter that he was leaving his tenured job at Drexel. "After nearly a year of harassment by right-wing, white supremacist media outlets and internet mobs, after death threats and threats of violence directed against me and my family, my situation has become unsustainable," he wrote on Twitter. More...

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2 janvier 2018

Getting Into the Room Where It Happens

Craig Weidemann and Marie A. Cini provide some strategies and tactics for gaining a seat at the decision-making table. More...

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2 janvier 2018

Made to Order

A one-size-fits-all faculty orientation program may not effectively reach all faculty members, given differences in ranks, roles and experience, write Cheryl Herdklotz and Anne Marie Canale. More...

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2 janvier 2018

Transformative Learning

Such learning is not only possible but also measurable, write Rebecca and Daniel Haggerty, who describe an approach that other institutions might consider adopting. More...

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2 janvier 2018

Balancing Enforcement With Education

Title IX reforms offer fresh chances for students to reflect on sexual assault, writes Glen Retief, if more exceptions can be made to mandatory-reporting requirements. More...

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2 janvier 2018

Creating Social Change and Student Success

Kevin Kruger and Catherine Parkay suggest three ways higher education can successfully use behavioral science to increase student completion. More...

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2 janvier 2018

Not of This Earth

In the interest of peace on earth, Scott McLemee reviews some of the metrics that attempt to gauge the existence of other forms of life in the universe. More...

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