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23 septembre 2018

A Modest Proposal on Rankings

HomeNow that you've spent a week denying that you care about your latest U.S. News rankings, let's cut to the chase. Of course, you care. You know that if your ranking edges up even a little bit, board members, wealthy donors and alumni will eat up the external validation of their college's specialness and attribute some of that fleeting surge of warm-fuzzy to your steady hand on the wheel. More...
23 septembre 2018

Ethical College Admissions: The Cult of Selectivity

HomeJim Jump hopes that Stanford's recent announcement that it won't boast about admissions statistics leads to reflection at other colleges about the quest for more and more applicants. More...
23 septembre 2018

The Question of Deplorable Snowflakes

HomeScott Dalrymple considers the gap between anti-intellectualism and higher education, and how to bridge it. More...
23 septembre 2018

Leaving So Soon?

HomeWhy are growing numbers of presidential tenures short-lived, asks Clara M. Lovett, and what can we learn from them. More...
23 septembre 2018

Blockchain Pixie Dust

HomeJonathan A. Poritz warns that colleges and universities should not rush too quickly to embrace the new technology for distributed public ledgers on the internet. More...
23 septembre 2018

Democratizing the American University

HomeWhen it comes to cases like that of Avita Ronell, American universities can learn a lot from British ones, argues Rebecca Gould. More...
23 septembre 2018

Why University Presidents Are (and Aren’t) Losing Their Jobs

HomeA key common problem in the recent string of presidential resignations involves a lack of shared governance, argues William G. Tierney. More...
23 septembre 2018

What Every College Leader Should Know About Blockchain

HomeAmid the hype, the technology really does have major implications for higher education research, accountability and credentials, Daniel Pianko writes. More...
23 septembre 2018

A #MeTooSociology Reckoning

HomeHolding men accountable for their behavior has become central to the politics of men's ally activism as more men get involved in feminist activism, some taking on visible leadership roles. More...
23 septembre 2018

Ronell's Complaint

HomeAvital Ronell's new book, Complaint, is not really about the recent harassment case, writes Scott McLemee. At the same time, it’s not exactly not about it. More...
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