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Whose Struggle?
Bob Blaisdell never condemned a student for reading a book, regardless of its subject matter or author. Until one day.
‘Teaching the Literature Survey Course’
Editors discuss the way a key teaching role has evolved -- and should evolve.
‘Bit by Bit’
Author discusses new book on social science research in era of big data.
OER Adoptions on the Rise
The number of faculty members choosing open educational resources over traditional textbooks has nearly doubled in the last year, but awareness over all remains low.
Is Anyone Reading This Headline?
Authors of statistics textbook proudly declared, in a footnote, that no one reads footnotes. Photos of the footnote keep going viral.
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Learning From World Literature in the South
Editing the Norton Anthology of World Literature ultimately changed Martin Puchner's view of the literary marketplace and what literature can do.
Opinion
Watergate, Rebooted
Impeachment: A Citizen’s Guide, by Cass R. Sunstein, is not an attempt to rally the public to any particular cause but rather a tribute to the Founding Fathers’ wisdom, writes Scott McLemee.
‘Academic Ableism’
Author discusses his new book about disability and higher education -- a work that is highly critical of academe.