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Thoughts on Poetry in Winter
Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson are penetrating pop culture, and it's not even Poetry Month. Carolyn Foster Segal explains why she finds hope in that happenstance.
Starr President
After many years in which professors and administrators clashed at Baylor, President Kenneth Starr has won over the faculty.
Timid About Fair Use?
A new report from the College Art Association says that artists and art historians have real and perceived concerns about fair use laws. Experts say other kinds of academics do, too.
'Creditocracy' in America
How much remains of democratic principles when a society is sunk in financial debt? Scott McLemee starts checking the books.
Equality for Adjuncts
New anthology from a longtime adjunct activist Keith Hoeller stresses equality for adjuncts in terms of pay and other benefits, compared to their tenure-line colleagues.
For-Profit Wage Gap
Community college students who transfer to for-profit institutions earn less than do peers who transfer to public or private colleges, study finds.
Options Don't Stem Textbook Woes
Report, citing crippling textbook costs, argues for more use of open-source materials. Publishers dispute the findings.
Don't Shrink
Graduate programs in the humanities should resist calls for them to admit fewer doctoral students, writes David B. Downing.