Does Writing Need a Curriculum?
…of the program’s success or effectiveness. First, there is no uniform test to evaluate how well graduates of WAC programs write—nothing like a discipline-specific examination in which professors can evaluate…
…of the program’s success or effectiveness. First, there is no uniform test to evaluate how well graduates of WAC programs write—nothing like a discipline-specific examination in which professors can evaluate…
…worse on various measures than nonprofits. Efforts to show this disparity suffer from all manner of statistical errors, such as directly comparing the test results and loan-repayment rates of non-profit…
…racially balancing its freshman admittees as well as limiting the number of Asians it will accept….” The only real hope is that students and parents will prove wiser in the…
…task force will consider actual strategies. Also the only discussion of costs in the UNC Tomorrow report has to do with the goal of keeping college affordable and increasing access…
…inquiry in the Western liberal tradition.” There are three questions about this attempt to punish Prof. Boghossian: Is punishing a hoax actually an infringement of the faculty member’s free speech…
…seldom recognized paradox: pushing people into higher education and holding colleges responsible for awarding yet more degrees will only lower workforce quality. The greater the push, the lower the workforce…
…The other nonacademic factors nixed in Georgia’s admission decisions for next fall include place of residence, socioeconomic status, and legacy status (whether an applicant’s relative attended Georgia). Applications will now…
…I am writing, more than 100 open job descriptions at Harvard specifically mention it, including one for a “Senior Diversity Talent Sourcer,” whatever that means. And people wonder why higher…
…News & World Report rankings, which have dominated the field for more than 30 years, are based heavily on schools’ acceptance rates and students’ standardized test scores; in this rankings…
…the event were asked to brainstorm ideas and provide the Council and its working groups with a starting point as drafting of the plan begins (it will be finalized in…