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Minding the Student Client
If we want more minority Ph.D.'s in the sciences, we need to start listening to minority graduate students, writes Daryl E. Chubin.
Earning Your Trophies (or Not)
The culture of youth soccer is hurting higher education, writes James Ricky Cox.
Portrait of the Scholar as a Young Novelist
Jenny White finds that a not-yet-published piece of fiction threatens to overwhelm two decades of scholarship.
Professional Correctness
Scott McLemee interviews a sociologist about "identity dissonance" in professional schools.
Education in Two Cultures
A team-taught course leaves Linda Brigham considering the inadequate interactions between the humanities and the sciences.
Reading, Writing and Representing
The graduate students and young professors who teach writing have a unique role to play in fighting attacks on academe in general and English in particular, write Frank Gaughan and Peter Khost.
Wanting and Not Wanting to Hit Each Other
Terry Caesar explores the ever looming threat of violence -- physical, emotional or legal -- on campus today.
Our Recent Recruitment Efforts
One university seeks to turn a big gift into an admissions advantage. The latest from David Galef's fevered imagination.