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Learning From MOOCs
Andrew Ng on what MOOCs and the "Wild West" of higher education are teaching professors.
Paternal Parental Leave
Male faculty members don't take paid parental leave as often as critics assert, even when their spouses also work.
Opinion
Before the E-text
Old-fashioned books take up a lot of space -- both on our shelves and in our heads. Scott McLemee grapples with a new volume on reading.
Making Room for the Majority
AAUP's new recommendations for increasing adjuncts' role in governance include job security safeguards.
Free Comes with a Price Tag
Aaron Swartz was wrong about the law and the economics of journals, writes Rob Weir.
Grading the Inaugural Address
Professors who specialize in rhetoric, political communication, and inauguration history give Obama good, but not great, reviews.
Transformation From Within
College leaders need to get involved in the disruption debate and do more to help adult students, finds a "mainfesto" issued on the American Council on Education's letterhead.
Working Without Pay
Part-time faculty at a Michigan community college bridge the longer-than-usual gap between paychecks with a food drive supported by other campus faculty.