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2 octobre 2015

3 Tips for Handling Discussions in Online Courses

By Anastasia Salter. I’ve been teaching a large online class for the first time this semester, and as the course involves looking at a number of challenge interactive works and games I put a lot of emphasis on discussion forums and critical debate. Read more...

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2 octobre 2015

How to Tame an Internet Troll

By Frank Pasquale. In James Thurber’s 1942 short story "The Catbird Seat," the boisterous Ulgine Barrows shatters the peaceful diligence of Erwin Martin, head of the filing department at his firm. More...

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2 octobre 2015

A Better Plan for Debt-Free College: Give Money Straight to Students

By David P. Haney. The presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have each proposed plans during their campaigns to funnel federal and state funds to public institutions so that needy students (under Clinton’s plan) or all students (under Sanders’s plan) could receive a free or very-low-cost college education. More...

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2 octobre 2015

#WatchWhatYouSay

By Frank Donoghue. Most academics are familiar with one or more well-publicized incidents in which professors were suspended, were fired, or had a hiring contract rescinded because of controversial statements they had made on social media. That common denominator should give pause to all academics who value their jobs. More...

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2 octobre 2015

Don’t Tell Me What’s Best for My Students

By Mason Stokes. Since I published an essay, "In Defense of Trigger Warnings," in The Chronicle about 18 months ago, such a defense has become even harder to mount. Though the much ballyhooed fear that faculty would soon be required to issue trigger warnings has failed to materialize (the one college that proposed such a requirement, Oberlin, has withdrawn it), public attention to the topic has resulted in a frenzy of too-easy condemnation and ridicule. More...

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2 octobre 2015

Perkins Loan Program, a Federal Stalwart Since 1958, Meets Its Demise

By Kelly Field. The Federal Perkins Loan Program died on Wednesday, the victim of a senator who has made it his mission to simplify student aid. More...

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2 octobre 2015

Just Half of Graduates Strongly Agree Their College Education Was Worth the Cost

By Goldie Blumenstyk. Only half of 30,000 college alumni polled for the Gallup-Purdue Index strongly agreed that their higher education was worth the cost, according to the results of the second annual national survey, being published on Tuesday. More...

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2 octobre 2015

80 Selective Colleges Unveil Plans for a New Application — and Inspire Some Skepticism

By Eric Hoover. A coalition of 80 selective public and private colleges announced plans on Monday to build a platform that would "streamline the experience of planning for and applying to college," according to the group’s website. More...

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2 octobre 2015

In Falling Default Rates, an Incomplete Picture of Borrower Distress

By Kelly Field. Default rates on federal student loans fell at all types of colleges this year, with the biggest drop occurring among for-profit institutions. More...

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2 octobre 2015

Another Network Outage at Rutgers Leads to Frustration Among Professors and Students

By Ellen Wexler. The attack, which started at about 10 a.m. and lasted into the afternoon, is the fourth to hit the university since November 2014. After last year’s attacks, Rutgers spent $3 million to tighten its security — which is one of the reasons the institution raised tuition and fees 2.3 percent this year, according to NJ.com. More...

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