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A regional public university’s identity crisis

The Hechinger Report

said Christina Ciocca Eller, an assistant professor of sociology and social studies at Harvard University who studies regional public universities. Last fall, a white paper by O.U.’s There is big tension over purpose and identity.”. Basic questions — Who should O.U. Others agree.

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MIT Professors Propose a New Kind of University for Post-COVID Era

ED Surge

They released a white paper yesterday called “Ideas For Designing An Affordable New Educational Institution,” where they lay out a framework for essentially a new class of university that would take advantage of various trends that have emerged in the past few years. It’s unclear whether anyone is ready to step in and build an NEI.

Sociology 145