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The week's most popular news: Higher Education
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Higher Education
            Socratic Backfire? - insidehighered.com
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Some students didn't take well to Steven Maranville’s teaching style at Utah Valley University. They complained that in the professor’s “capstone” business course, he asked them questions in class even when they didn't raise...
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            Khan Academy Snags $5 Million To Blow Up Education - businessinsider.com
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Khan Academy, a site that hosts thousands of lectures in the form of videos and practice problems, has raised $5 million. Khan Academy uses a mix of videos and problem sets to teach courses ranging from physics to computer...
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            How Online Innovators Are Disrupting Education - blogs.hbr.org
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Four years ago HClayton Christensen predicted that online education would take off slowly and then hit everyone by surprise: the S-curve effect. And indeed, while it initially grew slowly, online education has exploded over the past several years.
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            Chinese Students Prove a Tricky Fit on U.S. Campuses - chronicle.com
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A big increase in the number of students from China would seem to be a boon for American colleges, but it's proved to be challenging all around.
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            Final Cut: Words to Strike from Your Resume - Forbes
              (232 shares)
If you've applied for a job recently, you've probably looked over that 8½  x 11" summary of your career more times than you can count—and tweaked it just as often—in pursuit of the perfect resume.
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