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Over the last several weeks, the media has been filled with news of the revised SAT to be implemented in the spring of 2016 by the College Board.…
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In late January, President Obama announced the creation of a special task force to examine and, as necessary, coordinate federal enforcement efforts…
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Early in my tenure as head of Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, I – like many other university presidents – was asked to support the agenda…
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Scott Carlson, a writer for The Chronicle of Higher Education, recently wondered whether “… American higher education is the proverbial frog in a slowly…
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A recent opinion piece in the New York Times by Bill Keller began with what the author called a “caustic aphorism:” “Those who can, do. Those who can’t,…
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Late one evening not long ago, I had left the TV tuned to the David Letterman show while I finished up some writing. As the former president of two…
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In recent weeks, there has been much reaction, both positive and negative, to President Obama’s plan to make college more affordable. The plan involves…
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Fifty years ago, a tiny newborn struggled for life. Born five and a half weeks premature, the son of then President John F. Kennedy was one of some 25,000…
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On July 16th, the Board of Trustees of the State University of New York voted to separate CNSE, the College of Nanoscale Sciences and Engineering, from…
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A recent article by Larry Rulison in the Times Union posed the question, “Research Triangle found the right formula -- can we?” As the article…