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Is a 4-Year College Degree Still Necessary?

MindMax

I remember in 2012, when Rick Santorum called President Obama a “snob” for wanting “everybody to go to college.” After spending years in the Greater Boston area, a hub of academia teeming with colleges and universities, I relocated to upstate New York. It wasn’t long ago that I felt differently.

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Where Higher Ed Should Be More Businesslike

Inside Higher Ed

While I believe my criticisms of those books have proven well founded, there is one area where I have grown more sympathetic to the big-picture critique of higher ed as institutions that are too hidebound and should indeed consider embracing some methods that may look more like “business” than “academia.”

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HBCU’s Augment HyFlex Format Using Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

Faculty Focus

This combination could close the achievement gap in STEM at HBCUs, which will encourage more learners to engage in research and measurement tools requiring advanced technology for experiential learning in the classroom going forward (Schwartz, 2012). The Journal of Negro Education, 85, 4, 480-488. Schwartz, J. DOI 10.1002/sce.21004.

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With ChatGPT, we must teach students to be editors (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

” and “Where’s a 2012 Mini Cooper’s battery location?” The debate over AI-generated writing’s role within academia will likely continue for years, but as my experience with writing ad copy demonstrates, it’s likely already a settled matter in the business world.

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Dr. Dara N. Byrne: Leveraging Public Higher Education for the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Photo Credit: Macaulay Honors College Finding a lack of diversity Access to higher education has been an important theme in Byrne’s life in academia. She was integral in launching Macaulay at John Jay in 2012, serving three years as the program director. She was born in Guyana and moved with her family to Trinidad and then to Canada.

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PhotoVoice: Using Technology to Impact Student Learning and Assessment

Faculty Focus

Drawing on over two decades in academia, Michele Poulos specializes in general psychology, social psychology, and human growth and development. I encourage you to let your students be creative, and I think you’ll see the whole learning process change—hopefully you’ll learn something along the way too. Adult Education Quarterly.

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What Should We Do About Undergrads Who Want to Pursue a Humanities Doctorate?

Inside Higher Ed

program in French and history, tells a story that resembles that of many humanities graduate students: that “the transformative experience I had in the classroom led me to dedicate my whole life to academia. The article’s author, Hannah Leffingwell, A.B.D. in New York University’s joint Ph.D.