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'Last Day on Earth'
The life of the Northern Illinois grad who killed 5 there is recounted in new book -- with lessons for colleges on gun control, mental health and what they do right.
Big History on Campus
Dominican U. of California tries a four-course sequence to teach new students how we ended up where we are.
Opinion
A Little History of Philosophy
Will a new series from Yale University Press aimed at young readers (and the occasional grown-up) catch fire? Scott McLemee takes a look.
Not So Foreign Languages
Citing demographic and pedagogic trends, growing number of colleges rename departments "world" or "modern" languages.
'House Signs and Collegiate Fun'
Author of new book discusses an offbeat tradition at Miami University.
Academic Publishing and Zombies
Media studies professor says traditional journals and presses need to become more open and dynamic if they want to avoid becoming dead on their feet.
Opinion
'The Managerial Unconscious'
A new book maps the corporate genome of composition studies. Scott McLemee has a look.
Opinion
Classroom Styles
The way professors prefer to teach may not match the way students can gain the most, writes Robert J. Sternberg.