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Lessons From Halloween
Debates about racist Halloween costumes remind us that a university should teach students how to reflect on significant societal issues, writes Elizabeth H. Simmons.
The Humanities Must Unite or Die
Such disciplines have a serious image problem, writes Paul B. Sturtevant, and must argue their worth far more effectively to the public.
Who Really Bears the Cost of Hiring Adjuncts?
An instructor argues that the colleges that shortchange their adjuncts are ultimately compromising the students they exist to serve.
Past Its Peak
Over the past century and a half or so, petroleum has been abundant and relatively easy to extract, Scott McLemee writes. The next 150 years -- in fact, the next 15 -- do not look quite so promising.
Forever Is a Long, Long Time
Colleges should rethink perpetual endowments that honor the donor but thwart good stewardship today, writes John Thelin.
Two Steps to a Saner, Sounder Admissions Process
We must make structural changes across thousands of colleges, Carol Barash argues -- not just rely on the good intentions of a privileged few.
Trumpeting a New Dean
A major contender in the presidential race is leaving it to join academe, at least in the dreamworld inhabited by Mark J. Drozdowski.
Revive Perkins Loans
Unless we can accommodate growing numbers of needy students, the consequences for them, for higher education and for our country’s future are enormous, writes Ray Cross.