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The White Privilege Moment
Scholars fend off right-wing opposition as concept attracts mainstream attention.
5-Year Plan
MLA urges radical changes in Ph.D. education, including shorter time to degree, new forms for the dissertation and greater emphasis on learning to teach.
Newly Tenured ... at Arkansas State, Dominican, Hendrix, Middlebury
The following individuals have recently been awarded tenure by their colleges and universities: Arkansas State University Timothy P. Bohn, theater...
The Continued Coming of Second Language Students
To better serve the non-native students struggling with English who are (again) flooding classrooms, let's not assume they are “remedial,” Clifford Adelman warns.
'Falling Behind?'
A new book challenges the conventional notion that the U.S. is producing too few science and engineering graduates to meet its workforce needs and remain globally competitive.
Rating or Defaming?
U. Wisconsin at Whitewater professor says that an aggrieved former student has the right to rate her -- but not lie about her -- on the Internet. She's suing.
Opinion
A False Choice
Students and the colleges that teach them need not focus on only hard and soft skills, writes Gloria Cordes Larson.
Seizing a Sculpture
At Canada's Capilano University, the administration confiscates a professor's work caricaturing the president on the grounds that it constitutes "harassment."