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Technology
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By Beth McMurtrie

Ed-tech experts predict an acceleration of activity, but they caution that it needs a strong pedagogical foundation. PREMIUM

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Student Loans
By Katherine Mangan

The additions raise troubling questions about students’ borrowing decisions and about colleges’ role in pursuing them. PREMIUM

Completion
By Beth McMurtrie

They should focus on serving the students they have, says an Urban Institute scholar, instead of just drawing from the ranks of the well-prepared. PREMIUM

Backgrounder
By Beth McMurtrie

A student-success expert shares seven principles that underlie the university’s high-tech, high-touch approach.

Research
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By Zipporah Osei

A crux of Naomi Wolf’s new book, Outrages: Sex, Censorship, and the Criminalization of Love, seems to be based on a misunderstanding of a 19th-century legal term — a fact she didn’t discover until she was live on the BBC.

Skills Gap
By Goldie Blumenstyk

Wes Bush, chairman of Northrop Grumman, answers questions on the role employers should and shouldn’t play, what key skills graduates need, and why colleges should work with employers.

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Advice
By Violet Smith

A female professor, told by a colleague that she should “play nice” in evaluating his student’s work, calls for more transparency in advising.

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