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‘A Perfect Mess’
Author discusses his new book about American higher education, which suggests it may be better off today than people realize … because it has always faced so many problems and has always been a “hustler’s paradise.”
Who Defines Expertise?
Accreditor’s new rules are forcing a professor who has taught philosophy for 50 years to stop doing so, because her Ph.D. is in English. Many object.
Anger and Fear, Then and Now
In the 2017 Jefferson Lecture, Martha Nussbaum uses the classics to start a discussion about how we express outrage -- justified or not.
Newly Tenured ... at Caldwell, Centre, College of Saint Rose, Denison, Dominican (Illinois), Northwestern (Iowa), St. Catherine (Minnesota), Wesley
Caldwell University Theodora Sirota, nursing Rebecca Vega, music Centre College Kyle David Anderson, Asian studies College of Saint Rose Sara...
Opinion
Gender Gaps Shrinking and Lingering
New research suggests limited role for gender in predicting whether new Ph.D.s will get tenure-track jobs, but notable differences on pay and other issues, favoring men.
Students for Free Speech
Gathering draws students from numerous campuses who endorse a statement of principles about the value of open expression in higher education.
Opinion
Why You Should Care About Remedial Math
If you are a faculty member who is not in math, know that what's happening in many math departments can be directly hurting your own department and possibly your teaching preferences -- as well as the students themselves, writes Alexandra W. Logue.
Someone Else's Words
Paraphrasing tools, freely available online, can fool plagiarism detection software, study finds.