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28 août 2016

If a female president is good for the Ivy League, why not for the rest of us?

By Cathy Sandeen. On July 1, Elizabeth Garrett assumed the presidency of Cornell University.
With this, half of the eight-member Ivy League schools now have female presidents. Garrett joins an illustrious group: Christina Paxson (Brown University), Drew Faust (Harvard University) and Amy Gutmann (University of Pennsylvania).
But what about colleges and universities outside the Ivy League. More...

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28 août 2016

Here’s how rape on campus remains a hidden crime

By Elizabeth Englander. The myth has been shattered. The college campus, it turns out, is not always a sheltered sanctuary of peaceful, rolling green lawns and ivy-covered brick. More...

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28 août 2016

Why American academics are building ties with Cuba

By Gerardo M Gonzalez. The thawing of diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba will be good for people on the island and in America – and that includes students and academics. More...

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28 août 2016

For Asian-American students, stereotypes help boost achievement

By Jennifer Lee. African Americans are stereotyped as violent and threatening. Employers stereotype mothers as less competent and less committed. And undocumented immigrants are stereotyped as incompetent and untrustworthy. More...

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28 août 2016

Should you rely on first instincts when answering a multiple choice exam?

By Justin J Couchman. Often, you’ll hear people say that you should “trust your instincts” when making decisions. But are first instincts always the best. More...

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28 août 2016

Why dress and appearance matter at black colleges

By Melissa E Wooten. As classes began this year, male students at Dillard University, a historically black institution, were asked to don suits and ties. Students leading the effort believe that through this custom, students will better represent the school and themselves upon graduation. More...

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28 août 2016

Learning from PowerPoint: is it time for teachers to move on?

By Michelle Denise Miller. For a brief period in the history of teaching, using PowerPoint automatically qualified you as a tech-savvy professor – an innovator who wouldn’t settle for the usual combination of staticky black-and-white overhead films and hand-scrawled chalkboard notes. More...

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28 août 2016

Why wearing sagging pants on a college campus becomes a criminal offense

By John J Sloan, III. A disciplinary board at Hinds Community College in Raymond, Mississippi, has ruled that a student arrested earlier this month for failing to show his student ID to campus police officers when asked to do so will not face punishment from the school. More...

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28 août 2016

Do liberal arts students learn how to collaborate?

By Jeffrey Ruoff. Liberal arts colleges teach many valuable skills, but collaboration is not often among them. More...

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28 août 2016

Wisconsin controversy: with fewer tenured positions, who benefits from academic freedom?

By Cathy Sandeen. Sitting here in Madison, Wisconsin, a chancellor of two UW institutions, I find myself at the vortex of an enormous national conversation about tenure and shared governance. More...

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