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4 août 2014

Shared or Divided Governance?

By Brian Rosenberg. Few people appear happy with the state of shared governance at American colleges and universities. Faculty members complain that they are being disempowered by administrators and trustees who are creating an increasingly "corporatized" academic environment and who are more concerned with budgets than with quality. Read more...

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4 août 2014

'Prophets, Gurus and Pundits'

By Scott McLemee. Many a thick academic tome turns out to be a journal article wearing a fat suit. So all due credit to Anna M. Young, whose Prophets, Gurus, and Pundits: Rhetorical Styles and Public Engagement was published by Southern Illinois University Press this year. Her premise is sound; her line of argument looks promising; and she gets right to work without the rigmarole associated with what someone once described as the scholarly, “Yes, I read that one too” tic. Read more...

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4 août 2014

On Affordability, Who Decides?

By Jacob P.K. Gross. A consensus has clearly emerged that higher education affordability needs to be addressed by colleges and universities, states, and the federal government. Less clear is how to address the problem, and perhaps more fundamentally, how to decide what affordability means. Read more...

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4 août 2014

It's the Faculty's Job, Too

By Patricia Okker. Between a presidential proposal rating colleges based in part on what graduates earn, studies linking specific majors to earning potential, and seemingly endless reports analyzing the return on investment of higher education, never have the economic implications of a college education been more important. Read more...

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4 août 2014

Proficient Enough?

By Carl Straumsheim. Carnegie Mellon University is partnering with Duolingo, one of its spinoffs, to see if a 20-minute, $20 test is sufficient to prove international students’ English proficiency. Duolingo, meanwhile, hopes its test can upend the market. Read more...

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4 août 2014

Within Striking Distance

By Paul Fain. Americans who attended college for a while but never earned a credential might be the key to achieving the ambitious college completion goals the White House and influential foundations have set. Read more...

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4 août 2014

Diversity in Admissions

By Scott Jaschik. Colleges receive widespread scrutiny for their ability (or lack thereof) to build diverse student bodies. A survey being released today by the National Association for College Admission Counseling shows that colleges also struggle with diversity issues within admissions offices, where white males seem to lead a field that -- at the entry-level ranks -- is more diverse. Read more...

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4 août 2014

The Default Trap

By Paul Fain. Advocates for community colleges are pressing federal lawmakers to make adjustments to a student loan law they say is a “blunt tool” that could unfairly penalize colleges where only a small portion of students default on their federal loans. Read more...

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4 août 2014

Bienvenidos a España

By Jack Grove for Times Higher Education. Spain has scrapped its university entrance exam for foreign students in a move to establish the country as a major destination for overseas study. The Selectividad exam, which has been removed with immediate effect, has long been viewed as a barrier to increasing Spain’s relatively low number of international students. Read more...

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4 août 2014

Southern Blend

By Carl Straumsheim. After three years of experimenting with blended learning, leaders of the Associated Colleges of the South feel a movement is growing, but they aren't sure if the push will last. The association, which consists of 16 liberal arts institutions across 12 Southern states, made blended learning one of its formal programs in the fall of 2011. Read more...

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