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Trump administration plans to investigate and sue colleges and universities over admissions practices.
Montclair State strips adjunct of courses amid controversy over tweet wishing someone would shoot Trump. Trinity of Connecticut details students and gifts lost amid furor over professor's hashtag.
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Education secretary plans to shake up student loan servicing again. The department remains committed to single website for student borrowers.

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Byung-Chul Han’s In the Swarm: Digital Prospects describes how our society is well down the road toward a dramatically different, digital world. Much harder to discern, writes Scott McLemee, is where, or if, Han sees an off-ramp.

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Elizabeth Franks gives advice on how to stay positive in the face of rejection.

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Mama PhD

August 2, 2017
Trump and his sticks and stones.

Confessions of a Community College Dean

August 1, 2017
Topics that need exploration.  

Technology and Learning

August 1, 2017
On the historical price of appliances, the disappearance of computer labs, and the concentration of privilege.

Library Babel Fish

August 1, 2017
It's either the beginning of the end or the end of the beginning.

Law, Policy -- and IT?

August 1, 2017
Are lessons learned from life?  

University of Venus

July 31, 2017
Student Underperforms. Student Fails. Administration Informs. Student Prevails.

Rethinking Research

July 31, 2017
Perverse career incentives steer researchers toward publishing more articles – and away from other important goals.

Just Visiting

July 30, 2017
Bootstraps and "kids these days" all in one very calculated op-ed.

The World View

July 30, 2017
In an address to the Congress of Party Leaders last year, President Xi Jiping said “Higher education must adhere to the correct political orientation” and that universities should be transformed into “strongholds that adhere to party leadership.”

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