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Number of bachelor's degrees awarded fell 8.7 percent between 2012 and 2014, study finds.
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Study shows 8.7 percent decline in humanities bachelor's degrees in 2 years
March 14, 2016

Number of bachelor's degrees awarded fell 8.7 percent between 2012 and 2014, study finds.

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Undergraduate curricular reform efforts at Harvard and Duke suggest there's no one way to do it well
March 10, 2016

Amid concerns that requirements may not mean much to students or professors, Harvard and Duke Universities both look to curricular changes to improve undergraduate education.

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Why academic cheating is all about economics (essay)
March 8, 2016

Colleges and universities may try to address academic cheating as a moral or pedagogical problem, but it's really about something entirely different, argues Carol Poster.

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We must pay more attention to the first year of college (essay)
February 29, 2016

Students enter college hoping it will be a major step up from what they were doing before, writes Roger Martin, but they are often disappointed.

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Social work has become the 21st-century law degree (essay)
February 25, 2016

Whether it is San Bernardino or Sandy Hook, the Sept. 11 attacks or urban police shootings, a certain (perhaps surprising) academic field is the glue that tries to keep people’s lives together, argues John L. Jackson Jr.

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Liberal arts colleges explore interdisciplinary pathways with computer science
February 23, 2016

Liberal arts colleges are increasingly exploring interdisciplinary connections to find a place for computer science on their campuses.

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A university decides to eliminate 8 a.m. classes
February 17, 2016

A university in Michigan has great news for the bleary-eyed but hopes at least some of them will still get up early.

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Study suggests high school students hold negative views of online education
February 17, 2016

Study suggests acceptance of online education still lags among high school students.

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Why new U.S. experiment with alternative higher ed models really matters (essay)
February 1, 2016

The U.S. Education Department's new experiment with alternative models of higher education can unleash the next era of postsecondary innovation, Daniel Pianko argues.

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Critics see mismatch between Coursera's mission, business model
January 29, 2016

Coursera's decision to charge learners in some massive open online courses up front -- viewed by some as inevitable -- has critics asking if the MOOC provider is diverging from its mission of universal access.

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