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It’s a day late, but our headlines get better with age! This week, technology is a hot topic: professors over-estimate the effectiveness of their use of digital tools; Twitter as a teaching tool and what is a library without (tangible) books? Also, the U.S. government releases a study on assessments and what happens after affirmative action.
TECHNOLOGY GAP: Professors think they are doing a better job with digital tools than their students believe is the case, survey suggests.
BOOKLESS LIBRARIES? Technology leaders and librarians consider how the digital age changes the physical space and role of one of higher education’s oldest institutions.
TWEETING IN CLASS: Should Twitter be viewed as a teaching tool or a distraction?
ASSESSING THE ASSESSMENTS: U.S.-funded study finds that results on three measures of student learning outcomes are comparable to one another.
THE POWER OF RACE: New research on admissions at elite colleges shows the role of affirmative action, the extent and limits of cross-racial interaction among students, and significant gaps in academic performance:
