By Ben Yagoda. On Saturday, Flavia Pennetta of Italy defeated her countrywoman, longtime doubles partner, and onetime roommate Roberta Vinci to win the U.S. Open tennis tournament. More...
20 septembre 2015
20 septembre 2015
Permission to Footnote
By Anne Curzan. It’s been 17 years since my realization that I was hoarding footnotes. I was using plenty of footnotes in my own academic work: I had been doing that since graduate school. But I was withholding footnotes from undergraduates. More...
20 septembre 2015
The Tennessee Waltz
By Lucy Ferriss. What is going on in Tennessee? First we learn that they tried to ban mothers and fathers before coming to their senses. Now we learn that their flagship university tried to ban he and she—before it came to its senses. What senses are these, and how is it that Tennessee keeps losing them. More...
20 septembre 2015
Preparing Lectures for Large Online Classes
By Anastasia Salter. This semester, I’m teaching a fairly large (130 at final count) online course in digital media. I wrote last month about some of the strategies I’ve used to prepare the course, including thinking about replacements for in-class activities and planning a highly structured series of content. Read more...20 septembre 2015
New Missouri Law Bars Scholarships for Undocumented Students
By Kate Stoltzfus. A new state law bars Missouri students who are in the United States illegally from receiving a state scholarship that would shield them from high tuition rates, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. More...
20 septembre 2015
Missing From College Scorecard: Nearly 1 in 5 Community Colleges
By Kelly Field. Students searching for colleges on President Obama’s new College Scorecard can find detailed information on costs, graduation rates, and employment outcomes for thousands of colleges nationwide, from Harvard University to Harcum College. More...
20 septembre 2015
Accused of Ignoring Anti-Semitism, U. of California Moves to Rewrite Statement on Tolerance
By Peter Schmidt. The University of California’s leaders made plans to revisit the issue of campus intolerance on Thursday after their first crack at a statement against it was panned for ignoring a problem that had inspired their efforts, the harassment of Jewish students. More...
20 septembre 2015
American U.’s Faculty Senate Takes Stand Against Trigger Warnings
By Peter Schmidt. The practice of warning students about controversial material in college syllabi or before lectures has become the subject of intense debate in academe as growing numbers of instructors have opted to give students such advance notices and the range of topics covered by the warnings has grown more varied. More...
20 septembre 2015
Faculty Union Wins Bid to Halt Background Checks in Pennsylvania
By Andy Thomason. A state judge has ordered Pennsylvania’s public-colleges system to stop making faculty members undergo criminal-background checks, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. The Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties had asked the judge to issue the injunction on the grounds that the vast majority of faculty members don’t teach minors. More...
20 septembre 2015
Borrowers Using Income-Based Repayment Plans Are Mostly Low-Income, Report Says
By Andy Thomason. Borrowers using the federal government’s income-driven repayment plans are overwhelmingly low-income and much less likely to default, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. The report, which was requested by Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, the top Democrat on the Senate’s education committee, also encourages the Education Department to better spread the word about the programs. More...
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