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Friday, July 22, 2016


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Curriculum

As Dual Enrollments Swell, So Do Worries About Academic Rigor premium

By Katherine Mangan

Courses that give high-school students college credit before they graduate are expanding rapidly. In Texas, where the idea is especially popular, many educators are watching the trend warily.

Race on Campus

How Alabama Is Trying to Diversify Its Greek Organizations premium

By Gabriel Sandoval

This month, the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa released an "action plan" that seeks to promote inclusiveness within its traditionally white fraternities and sororities. But concerns remain about the possibility of lasting change.

Student Aid

Behind the Shake-Up at Temple U.: A Merit Scholarship That Grew Too Fast premium

By Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz

Though no administrators have taken the blame for the $22-million deficit that led to the president’s resignation, it’s clear that a financial-aid program had become too successful for its own good.

Game Theory

When Pokémon Goes to Campus: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

By Gabriel Sandoval

The hit augmented-reality game has prompted many colleges to jump on the bandwagon. Sometimes, though, players are finding themselves in unusual situations.


Views


Special Reports

Achieving a Culture of Communication on Campus

By Richard K. Boyer

It’s about using the right techniques to engage the right audience about a relevant topic at the optimal time.

Vitae

Get Your Manuscript Out!

By Jonathan Rees

Peer reviewers play a key role in helping you do that, even when they say mean things.

Lingua Franca

You Can't Make This Stuff Up

There's no limit to the astonishing this year, says Allan Metcalf.


Job Opportunities


Provost & Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
Texas, United States

Dean, College of Creative Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
California, United States

Tenure Track Assistant Professor, The George Washington University
District of Columbia, United States

Teaching Assistant Professor, The George Washington University
District of Columbia, United States

Vice President for Academic Affairs, LaGrange College
Georgia, United States

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