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- Royal Society Journal Archive Made Permanently Free To Access
You can search for old papers written by Newton, Darwin, Ben Franklin, etc.The Royal Society has today announced that its world-famous historical journal archive – which includes the first ever peer-reviewed scientific journal – has been made permanently...
- For-profit Colleges, Vulnerable G.i.’s - By Hollister Petraeus
MILITARY personnel and their families are finding themselves under siege from for-profit colleges. A number of these schools focus on members of the armed forces with aggressive and often misleading marketing, and then provide little academic, administrative...
- 7 In 10 Students Have Skipped Buying A Textbook Because Of Its Cost, Survey Finds
Found via John Hawks. For many students and their families, scraping together the money to pay for college is a big enough hurdle on its own. But a new survey has found that, once on a campus, many students are unwilling or unable to come up with more...
- Is Education Overvalued? - By Vikram Mansharamani
College graduation is a time of great joy, of optimism, of forward-looking enthusiasm. Indeed, the very term “commencement” implies a positive new beginning. Unfortunately, this is not universally the case in America. Many students this year will...
- You Haven't Taught Until They Have Learned: John Wooden's Teaching Principles And Practices
In You Haven't Taught Until They Have Learned: John Wooden's Teaching Principles and Practices, authors Swen Nater and Ronald Gallimore have written a short, easily read, deceptively simple book that draws essential lessons on pedagogy from arguably...
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- Royal Society Journal Archive Made Permanently Free To Access
You can search for old papers written by Newton, Darwin, Ben Franklin, etc.The Royal Society has today announced that its world-famous historical journal archive – which includes the first ever peer-reviewed scientific journal – has been made permanently...
- For-profit Colleges, Vulnerable G.i.’s - By Hollister Petraeus
MILITARY personnel and their families are finding themselves under siege from for-profit colleges. A number of these schools focus on members of the armed forces with aggressive and often misleading marketing, and then provide little academic, administrative...
- 7 In 10 Students Have Skipped Buying A Textbook Because Of Its Cost, Survey Finds
Found via John Hawks. For many students and their families, scraping together the money to pay for college is a big enough hurdle on its own. But a new survey has found that, once on a campus, many students are unwilling or unable to come up with more...
- Is Education Overvalued? - By Vikram Mansharamani
College graduation is a time of great joy, of optimism, of forward-looking enthusiasm. Indeed, the very term “commencement” implies a positive new beginning. Unfortunately, this is not universally the case in America. Many students this year will...
- You Haven't Taught Until They Have Learned: John Wooden's Teaching Principles And Practices
In You Haven't Taught Until They Have Learned: John Wooden's Teaching Principles and Practices, authors Swen Nater and Ronald Gallimore have written a short, easily read, deceptively simple book that draws essential lessons on pedagogy from arguably...