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Are My Students “Cheating” by Reading Graphic Novel Adaptations of Classics?

[ad_1] Have you met Gareth Hinds?  I hope so, because he’s basically an English teacher’s superhero. He takes classics that many students struggle to understand and creates well-researched, strikingly designed visual versions: graphic novels. While The Odyssey might be his most popular adaptation, it’s just the tip of the beautifully painted iceberg. He’s got Romeo …

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Trump pledges to fire “radical Left” college accreditors if elected

[ad_1] If former president Donald Trump returns to the White House, he plans to replace college accreditors and impose new standards on the nation’s colleges and universities that include removing diversity, equity and inclusion staff members; protecting free speech; and “defending the American tradition and Western civilization.” Trump said in a campaign video this week …

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Cost is the biggest barrier to college enrollment: survey

[ad_1] Despite declining enrollment at many U.S. higher ed institutions, nearly three-fourths of all adults say a college degree is as important as (35 percent) or more important (39 percent) than it was 20 years ago, according to a new report from Gallup and the Lumina Foundation. Twenty-six percent said they thought it was less important. “The State …

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American University of Puerto Rico to close this year

[ad_1] The American University of Puerto Rico will end its operations at the end of this year, the institution announced on its website. A translation of the private, nonprofit institution’s Spanish-language notice said that its Board of Trustees had made the “difficult and painful decision to permanently suspend the operations” of the institution in December …

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STEM majors still get the most lucrative jobs, data shows

[ad_1] New data from the Department of Education’s College Scorecard show that tech and STEM majors still vastly outpace liberal arts and humanities majors in terms of future earnings. The data, released April 27, compare the relative earnings of graduates of more than 36,000 different programs across institutional sectors, from community colleges to for-profit institutions. …

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