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The End of the English Major | The New Yorker

The End of the English Major | The New Yorker "'Young people are very, very concerned about the ethics of representation, of cultural interaction--all these kinds of things that, actually, we think about a lot!' Amanda Claybaugh, Harvard's dean of...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 4, 2023 11:49 AM

Dishonor Code: What Happens When Cheating Becomes the Norm?

Dishonor Code: What Happens When Cheating Becomes the Norm? "This past semester, in her Intro to Accounting class, students took the midterm online--but in a proctored classroom using a browser that alerted teaching assistants if anyone navigated out of the...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 4, 2023 11:44 AM

You Can Succeed At College Once You Figure Out All The Little Things No One Tells You About | LAist

You Can Succeed At College Once You Figure Out All The Little Things No One Tells You About | LAist "Academics have a name for the often unspoken, sometimes murky set of skills and expectations that are intrinsic to thriving...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 4, 2022 10:27 AM

St. John's College in Annapolis says its audacious tuition cut is paying off

St. John's College in Annapolis says its audacious tuition cut is paying off "St. John's College, however, decided in 2018 to go in an entirely different direction, slashing tuition rates and making up the difference through a campaign to raise...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 4, 2022 10:21 AM

The Original Sin of Stanford Dining

The Original Sin of Stanford Dining The recommendations for improving the cost and quality of campus meals includes an interesting history of student dining at Stanford, and the reasons the campus shifted from a free-market model to a centralized approach...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 3, 2018 8:07 PM

Higher Education Is Not a Mixtape - The Atlantic

Higher Education Is Not a Mixtape - The Atlantic It's not the main point of the article, but it's all the more powerful for that: Financial aid and student loans are helping colleges avoid financial pressure to reform and slim...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 29, 2015 12:16 AM

Total Sorority Move | Is it Possible That There Is Something In Between Consensual Sex And Rape...And That It Happens To Almost Every Girl Out There?

Total Sorority Move | Is it Possible That There Is Something In Between Consensual Sex And Rape...And That It Happens To Almost Every Girl Out There? And this, my son, is why you should never be alone with a girl...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 1, 2014 2:14 PM

What Characterizes the Modern Totalitarian, Corporatized University?

What Characterizes the Modern Totalitarian, Corporatized University? "In Savannah, Georgia, an ambitious experiment in higher education is under way. Ralston College aims to offer a back-to-basics liberal arts experience , stripped of the amenities and assumptions of the modern university....

Posted by Michael Bates on March 3, 2014 6:13 PM

Back to School | The Weekly Standard

Back to School | The Weekly Standard Yale computer science professor David Gelernter calls on his fellow conservatives to lead the reinvention of higher education: "This is the future: The Internet can be an international gossip machine, or it can...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 1, 2013 6:18 PM

The Juilliard Effect - Ten Years Later - NYTimes.com

The Juilliard Effect - Ten Years Later - NYTimes.com In 2004, the New York Times hunted for the 44 instrumentalists who graduated with the Juilliard Class of 1994. After 10 years, fewer than half of these gifted musicians were making...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 12, 2013 4:22 PM