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Hard Truths That Higher Education Has Evaded for Too Long

Inside Higher Ed

That “ elite universities operate on the principle of self-interest above all else ,” and their top priority is to preserve their prestige and brand. That college teaching remains largely what it has always been: an amateur enterprise that fails to take into account the insights of the learning sciences.

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Carnegie Mellon–Africa receives $275M investment

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Carnegie Mellon University–Africa in Kigali, Rwanda, is the only American campus on the entire continent. The graduate school has offered two-year master’s degrees through CMU’s renowned college of engineering since 2011. million investment in the institution, and in higher education development across Africa.