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'The Work of Literature in an Age of Post-Truth'
Author discusses new book about close reading in the era of Twitter, "fake news" and denigration of the liberal arts.
Opinion
A Mind at the End of Its Tether
Whether or not madness seems like the right word for such a state of mind, Barbara K. Lipska's The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind: My Tale of Madness and Recovery is likely to make a certain impression on the reader approaching middle age or well into it, writes Scott McLemee.
Supreme Court Rules Against Public-Sector Unions
High court says public employees don't have to pay regular agency fees to unions that represent them in collective bargaining and more, which could hurt faculty and staff unions.
The Graduate Training Trade-Off 'Myth'
New study says "tension" between graduate training in research and teaching is false and that teaching training may actually build research confidence and output.
Restructuring Tenure Away
Vermont Law School plans to cut professors' tenure to deal with budgetary concerns. Skeptics wonder if it will hurt the institution more than it helps.
Furor on Claim Women's Choices Create Gender Gap in Comp Sci
Lecturer at University of Washington says he's standing up to political correctness. Many challenge his facts.
Opinion
The Hunger Project
Scott McLemee reviews Alex de Waal's Mass Starvation: The History and Future of Famine.
Making 'The Case for Colonialism,' Anew
Journal article that was withdrawn last year amid intense debate is republished by the National Association of Scholars.