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Fighting the Fear
Adjuncts and union leaders consider the challenge of organizing workers who have reason to worry that activism could cost them their positions.
A Speaker Withdraws at Swarthmore
Robert Zoellick says he won't give commencement address at his alma mater, following criticism of the college for picking someone with ties to the Bush administration.
Opinion
Thinking About the Public
Serving on the board of a state humanities council, where she judged proposals designed for public impact, left Paula M. Krebs rethinking the way she argues on behalf of the humanities in academe.
A Move to Merit Pay
A Michigan community college is set to transition to performance pay -- using a model its president says could lead the way for other institutions to follow.
Newly Tenured ... at Colgate, Colorado, Elon, Widener
The following individuals have recently been awarded tenure by their colleges and universities: Colgate University Patrick Crotty, physics and astronomy...
The Pulse: Handwriting and Voice Capture
This month's edition of The Pulse podcast examines various services that instructors can use to capture their handwriting or voice to embed into learning modules for the flipped classroom or massive open online courses.
Opinion
Learning to Adapt
Curricular systems and materials that adapt to the learner are emerging slowly but surely as a potentially major force in higher education, Peter Stokes writes.
Opinion
The Mad World of 'Mad Men'
Just in time for the new season, a new book looks at cable TV's hit historical drama about advertising in the 1960s. Scott McLemee grabs the remote control.