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The Wrong Partnership?
Purdue professors say it is wrong for the university to work with Chegg, whose services they see as helping students cheat.
Opinion
F-Words in the Classroom
Some words seem to be treated as anathemas when it comes to college teaching, Karen Costa writes -- and then argues why they shouldn't be.
‘Alternative Universities’
Author discusses his new book on "speculative" alternatives for higher education.
A Scientist's Anti-Gay Art Criticism
Cardiologist loses journal editorship over homophobic comments he made to a local ballet but hangs on to his faculty job. He's reportedly defended his words, saying that his personal views have no bearing on his professional capabilities.
The Humanities at Community Colleges
Study documents extent of instruction (and large class sizes).
A Free Speech Purist Opts Not to Use the N-Word
Geoffrey Stone, First Amendment scholar at U of Chicago who's previously defended the use of the word in the classroom, has a change of mind -- or heart.
Opinion
Net Rupture
Scott McLemee reviews Manuel Castells's Rupture: The Crisis of Liberal Democracy.
‘Union Busting’ by the Board
AAUP finds that Maricopa colleges' governing board sought to destroy its faculty governing body for political purposes. The board's most controversial changes have been reversed, but faculty concerns linger.