Watching STEM programs thrive while arts and letters suffer, some schools are rebranding themselves with STEAM.
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Puffing Up STEM With STEAM
Tag Archives: Universities
A ‘Promising’ Idea With Practical Problems
Some colleges and students are trying income-share agreements to cover education costs. There are hazards for both sides.
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Objective vs. Competitive Grading
Do we want grades to tell us how much a student learned, or how the student performed when compared to peers?
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Pricing Power In College Admissions
Thanks to demographics and aversion to debt, college pricing power has shifted in favor of students. They should take advantage.
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Free Money Meets Free Speech
A journalism school cowered when free speech was put to the test, while a longtime supporter aced it.
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Donors Should Be Seen And Not Heard
A journalism school disavows a graduate’s legacy over a speaker whose views might give offense.
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A Teacher Gets What She Deserves
A Delaware faculty member should have been fired long before she suggested Otto Warmbier ‘got exactly what he deserved.’
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Colleges Devalue Their Competition
Some colleges, responsive to their own self-interest, want to reduce the benefits of AP classes.
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Housekeeping At Mizzou
Firing a notorious professor is just a first step toward sponging away mental mildew that stains many campuses today.
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Admissions Money, Over The Table
Not-so-shocking news: A prominent university considered family wealth and donor potential when evaluating applicants.
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