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Moving Beyond Tenure

A dean writes that replacing the current system with one based on renewable contracts would benefit both institutions and professors.
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Serious Bloggers

Academics should worry less and experiment more with their online writing, suggests Jeff Rice.
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The Transient Academic

Shari Wilson examines the impact of having no job security on adjuncts and their institutions.
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A Win-Win-Win Situation

A program that pairs faculty members with sports teams opens eyes for professors and doors for athletes, Michael Nelson writes.
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The Heart Has Its Reasons

Now that the cards and long-stem roses have been sent, Scott McLemee takes a look at a short, dense book about the meaning of love.
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Brain Drain Is Not Inevitable

American colleges should place more emphasis on educating those foreign students who will help their home colleges, writes Joan Dassin.
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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.
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Earning Your Trophies (or Not)

The culture of youth soccer is hurting higher education, writes James Ricky Cox.