Higher Education
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If a female president is good for the Ivy League, why not for the rest of us?
Cathy Sandeen, University of Wisconsin Colleges and the University of Wisconsin-Extension On July 1, Elizabeth Garrett assumed the presidency of Cornell University. With this, ... -
Let’s face it: gender bias in academia is for real
Cynthia Leifer, Cornell University; Hadas Kress-Gazit, Cornell University; Kim Weeden, Cornell University; Marjolein C H van der Meulen, Cornell University; Paulette Clancy, Cornell University, ... -
6 Ways to Reform Teacher Education
As contemporary K-12 students change their learning styles and expectations for their educations, teachers need to change too. More specifically, the education that teachers ... -
Why High School Graduation Is the Key to Improving At-Risk Communities: Part I
A guest post by Frank Britt, CEO of Penn Foster Education is the catalyst for bottom-up change and can become the epicenter of transformation ... -
4 Fascinating Truths about First-Generation College Students
College attendance has become less of a privilege and more of a necessity in the contemporary workforce. This cultural shift is a reflection of ... -
Why South Africa’s universities are in the grip of a class struggle
Rajendra Chetty, Cape Peninsula University of Technology and Christopher B. Knaus, University of Washington Each year, hundreds of thousands of students enrol to study ... -
Who says libraries are dying? They are evolving into spaces for innovation
Crystle Martin, University of California, Irvine With the expansion of digital media, the rise of e-books and massive budget cuts, the end of libraries ... -
While rethinking admissions process, consider creativity
James C. Kaufman, University of Connecticut The Turning the Tide report released last week by the Harvard Graduate School of Education has colleges and ... -
Are lectures a good way to learn?
Phillip Dawson, Monash University Imagine a future where university enrolment paperwork is accompanied by the statement: Warning: lectures may stunt your academic performance and increase ... -
Should college and high school diplomas be earned together?
The term “college prep” as it relates to high school paths has a different meaning than when I was a teenager. The high school ...