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My 57th Recommendation Letter This Week

Sometimes, saying nothing because you can't say something nice isn't an option, David Galef suggests.
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Defending Derrida

Scholars gather to mourn and praise a hero to many. But was he also an influence in the Bush administration?
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Why Disability Studies Matters

The debate over Million Dollar Baby, writes Lennard J. Davis, shows why the discipline matters -- and how far it has to go.
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Follies of Affiliation

For adjuncts, writes Terry Caesar, explaining their institutional ties can be fraught.
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Academic Freedom, Then and Now

Fifty years after it appeared, a classic history on academic freedom seems far too timely, writes Scott McLemee.
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A Critique of Pure BS

Scott McLemee takes a look at something more often practiced than theorized.
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Missing the Mark: Graduation Rates and University Performance

In the quest to measure university performance, both for valid or other reasons, we often latch on to statistics in...