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Hammer Time

I suppose this was inevitable. The unholy convergence of unaccountable tenure decisions; the up-or-out nature of tenure; anti-discrimination clauses; and...
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Coming Clean on College Costs

Private colleges should put their numbers on the table to show that they are as affordable as their public university peers, Thomas Kepple writes.
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The John or Paul Project

My sincere thanks to all of you who responded to my Funky Easy 1-Question (Okay, 2) Sociological Survey. You people...
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Studying the Inhumanities

A new collection documents the American policy of cruel and inhumane "non-torture." Scott McLemee takes a look.
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Ad Hoc Extra Credit

No. Oh God, no. No, no, no. Nein. Nyet. Non. Huh-uh. Negative. I'll qualify that. Extra credit that's built into...
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Passwords

There has to be a better way. I have what seems like thirty thousand logins, each requiring its own username...
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Academic Advising by a Bot

Jonathan Deutsch shares his recent online discussion with a company promising to find him the perfect distance education program.
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Professor Lipton

It's specious, writes Philip Larkin in his fear-of-death poem, Aubade, for philosophers to tell us that No rational being Can...