The Case for a New Kind of Core

A methods-based curriculum could empower students in college and for life.

Reinventing the Core

We invite you to respond to Nicholas Lemann’s ideas.

On Leadership

Video: Building a Network to Help First-Generation Students Succeed

Students from homes or high schools where few others have gone on to college don’t have peers they can turn to for advice when times get tough, explains Carl Strikwerda, president of Elizabethtown College, in Pennsylvania.

Technology

If You Had $45 Billion, What Would You Do to Improve Education?

Jim Shelton, now heading up the education portfolio at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, isn’t giving any details yet. But in this podcast, he emphasizes the value of bringing learning scientists together with educators to improve learning and increase equality.

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Commentary

Leading From the Middle

For the sake of the future, we should leverage the power of midlevel leaders — chairs, deans, directors — to advance the mission of their colleges.

Lingua Franca

Travails With My 'Aunt'

Ben Yagoda notices that the ahnt pronunciation, once exclusive to New England (at least, in America), is spreading. Is that because a certain age group wants to sound fancy?

Moving Up

How Search Committees Can See Bias in Themselves

Most hiring panels are designed to represent a diverse mix of people, yet they still bring with them hidden motives.

Vitae

Resisting the Post-Thanksgiving Doldrums

At this point, you’re tired and your students are tired, but don’t let the semester peter out.