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Personal Philosophy
A prominent professor uses a disciplinary meeting to discuss his struggles with depression -- and encourages others in academe to talk about mental health issues.
Opinion
Creative Publishing and Critical Journalism
A new graduate program aims to train the next generation of architects of the public-intellectual infrastructure. Scott McLemee has a look at some of the blueprints.
Piecing Together Publishing
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is aggressively funding efforts to support new digital models -- in writing, editing, financing and more.
Writing Bad Code?
Yale professors oppose draft policy on their conduct that they say is vague on what they could be punished for and what the sanctions would be -- not to mention that it excludes administrators.
Whose History?
Historians condemn recent attempt by Oklahoma legislature to defund AP American history curriculum for being too "negative."
Faculty SOS
Report seeks a broad rethinking of the structure of professors' jobs, with a strong emphasis on academic freedom and equitable treatment, but an openness to radical change.
Opinion
Teaching the Global 1%
Will Fenton describes what it's like to be an instructor of students who assume that everything can be bought.
Who Is Being Political?
Professor who leads center on poverty repeatedly criticizes conservative leaders -- and board panel of allies of those he criticized moves to eliminate his research center.