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The Catalysts for Competency-Based Learning and Prior Learning Assessments Have Arrived

eLiterate

While this problem is often framed by academia as a decrease in the supply of students—the so-called “enrollment cliff,” the hot job market, and so on—I think it is better understood as a failure to respond to changing demand and new opportunities. Mr. Hadhad was midway through medical school when he fled Syria.

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Oil money undermines academic autonomy (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

In June, Harvard University announced a $200 million gift to launch the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, an academic center dedicated to the study of one of humanity’s most pressing threats. billion gift to fund the Doerr School of Sustainability, its first new school in 70 years.

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