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Higher Education, Housing and Disruptive Innovation

Eli Capilouto | Posted 05.23.2012

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Eli Capilouto

The University of Kentucky hopes to become the first university of our size in the country to turn over management of an entire housing system to a private company. Such a public-private partnership turns the traditional model on its head.

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Literary Twitter: @prodigalsam

Aaron Belz | Posted 05.18.2012

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Aaron Belz

Add his position as a Christian campus minister at University of South Carolina to his wicked sense of verbal and situational irony, and Sammy Rhodes (@prodigalsam) has both the raw materials and intellectual giftedness to cultivate a Twitter following.

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Even in Bad Times, Colleges Can Make Education Pay Off

David P. Angel | Posted 05.15.2012

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David P. Angel

I am confident that while the path for many will be daunting, we will once again affirm the return on education for our students, for our communities, and for our country.

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What Academic Administrators Could Learn From Warren Buffett

Jeremy Harris Lipschultz | Posted 05.09.2012

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Jeremy Harris Lipschultz

Mr. Buffett has told my students to try to be like the hockey great Wayne Gretzky. Instead of going in the direction of the puck, he went where the puck was headed.

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Beyond Information Transfer: An Initiation Into Lifelong Learning

Michael Roth | Posted 05.04.2012

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Michael Roth

Our campuses should be places where diversity leads to learning as students come to see differences among people as a deep resource for solving problems and seeking opportunities. Online education can complement this educational environment. But it does not replace the need for it.

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What Have You Learned So Far?

Rabbi Josh Feigelson | Posted 05.01.2012

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Rabbi Josh Feigelson

The stakes of learning are not simply about mastering information for the sake of economic competition; they're far deeper and richer. Learning is one of the behaviors that makes us human. It is at our essence.

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What Is It Like to Have Your College Undergraduate Admission Rescinded?

Quora | Posted 04.20.2012

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Quora

Even after I received the fat envelope, I never made a conscious decision to slack off... it just happened.

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Student CEOs: Tech Start-ups on the University of Michigan Campus

Samantha Tritsch | Posted 04.11.2012

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Samantha Tritsch

In turn, why wait to graduate to find a job when you could potentially start your own billion-dollar company right where you are? (Yes, Mr. Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, I said billion).

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Technology Killed Neighbors, Kindness

The Daily Collegian | Posted 04.03.2012

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The Daily Collegian

Technology is at our fingertips every moment of the day, and we're losing sight of our old ways. We can connect more with someone who is halfway across the world than someone who goes to the same school.

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How to Be the Best Admitted Student

Liz Davis | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Acceptance, University, College Admissions, College, College Humor, College Tuition, College Acceptance, Universities, College Applications, College Waitlists, Student Loans, College News
Liz Davis

Just like the postal service, students are most desperate for the heavier envelopes. Inside awaits the offer of a lifetime -- an invitation to become a member of The University of Your Dreams. Finally the wait, the stress, and the hard work are all over! Wrong.

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Non-Discrimination Policies Do Not Threaten Religious Freedom

Marcus Luther | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: University, College, Sexual Orientation, Non-Discrimination, Religious Freedom, Fox News, Discrimination, Gender Identity, Vanderbilt, University of Puget Sound, Intervarsity, Lgbt-Q, Nondiscrimination, College News
Marcus Luther

While defenders of student religious groups have used rhetoric such as "faith-based qualifications" and "religious freedom," it's time for us to throw aside the axiomatic sugarcoating.

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Internationalizing University Education

Ed Gragert | Posted 05.30.2012

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Ed Gragert

Increasingly, university faculty are realizing that learning "about" the world must be supplemented with an effort to learn "with" it.

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The Undergraduate Visitor to the Harry Ransom Center

Elana Estrin | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: University, John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath, Samuel Beckett, Anne Sexton, UT Austin, Undergraduates, Undergraduate Education, Harry Ransom, Harry Ransom Center, Universities, Robert De Niro, The University of Texas at Austin, Video, Education News
Elana Estrin

Since its founding, the Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, has been an important re...

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Analytical Mind No Longer Valued

The Daily Beacon | Posted 05.27.2012

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The Daily Beacon

There is really no question that academia has become far more enamored with GPA and a set of extracurricular activities than the actual development of an independent intellect. A system that promotes only the mere semblance of learning has become embedded in our culture.

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Exploring Bruce Springsteen's America

Craig Werner | Posted 05.19.2012

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Craig Werner

Here is the raison d'etre of this blog: call and response. A central element of African American cultural traditions, "call and response" is both a form of democratic pedagogy and a way of tapping into what educational theorists call "multiple intelligences."

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As Facebook IPO Nears, Universities Take Aim at Student Startups

Dylan Reid | Posted 05.08.2012

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Dylan Reid

While Stanford's gain from Google is unusual, technology-transfer agreements have long been the primary means by which universities support and profit from startups. However, as Facebook illustrates, more student-founded companies are bootstrapping without university technology, leaving schools without any profit -- though that may be changing.

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Celebrating Greatness: Jerry Hildebrand

Saul Garlick | Posted 05.01.2012

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Saul Garlick

On Feb. 16, 2012 one of the most important people in the world turned 70 years old. He is not a household name, but the ripples of his influence have ...

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An Ecosystem for Innovation in Higher Education

Saul Garlick | Posted 04.22.2012

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Saul Garlick

What is the force moving this mountain? After all, universities are decentralized, lumbering bureaucracies that don't exactly embrace monolithic approaches to anything, especially if it is primarily focused on practical application.

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Law and Civic Education

Michael Serota | Posted 04.18.2012

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Michael Serota

We ought to be teaching our nation's students about law, rights, and the operation of our system of justice. A future generation of law-abiding, rights-respecting citizens depends upon it.

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Contraceptive Debate Reporting Omits Important Voices

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.09.2012

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Chris Weigant

You know what we have yet to see? A poll of the workers affected. Not a single "woman on the street" interview, not a single union representative, not a single spokesperson for the women themselves.

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Boycotting Chick-Fil-A While Conservative Christians Play "Victim" Card

Warren J. Blumenfeld | Posted 04.04.2012

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Warren J. Blumenfeld

While private companies like Chick-Fil-A have the right to support organizations and causes of their choice, should public tax-supported institutions such as universities maintain connections with those companies that expressly violate campus non-discrimination policies?

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Women Can Make It, In Italy Too!

Laura Kiss | Posted 03.24.2012

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Laura Kiss

Despite the current economic crisis, the protests and the recent tragedy of the cruise ship, some good news is also coming from Italy.

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Teaching Real Law for the 99 Percent

Oliver R. Goodenough | Posted 03.19.2012

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Oliver R. Goodenough

The legal profession isn't the only sector of our society that has focused excessively on the needs of moneyed power, but it can help lead the way to redressing the balance.

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New Centers Meeting Needs of Growing College Student Demographic

Warren J. Blumenfeld | Posted 03.04.2012

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Warren J. Blumenfeld

Imagine this: Today is your first day at college. You have been looking forward to this day ever since you can remember. Excited about living away fro...

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10 Tips For Prospective College Transfer Students

Rebecca Joseph | Posted 02.29.2012

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Rebecca Joseph

Here are the tips I give to students and their families with unhappy college freshmen if they can't imagine staying any longer than necessary at their current college.

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