Filter & Sort
'College Drinking: Reframing a Social Problem'
Every semester of every academic year, college campuses experience tragedies (and many more near-tragedies) involving excessive use of alcohol. A...
Writing the Book on Clickers
Author of Teaching With Classroom Response Systems discusses the way a popular technology is changing instruction.
In Whose Interest?
Scholarly groups line up against open access legislation, but anthropologists ask whether researchers' views are being represented.
Opinion
A Dish Best Served Cold
Shakespeare wrote one of the most savage plays in the canon. Scott McLemee visits the dark side.
Catholic U. Pushes Homer; Faculty Say D'oh!
Catholic University of America may soon have a new freshman curriculum, which some critics say amounts to a new commandment...
Creating a National Voice for Adjuncts
Leaders from a variety of institutions and organizations hope to establish advocacy group with sole focus on those off the tenure track.
The New Reverse Transfer
Part of the enrollment boom at community colleges comes from those who have left four-year institutions. Their choices -- surprising to some -- are saving money and may improve their odds at earning bachelor's degrees.
Pirates vs. University Presses
Entire scholarly books are starting to appear -- without permission -- on Web sites that flaunt their violation of traditional copyright laws.