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Beyond Naming to Shame

Why one scientist spends hours a week putting together a spreadsheet of documented harassment findings, names and all.

‘Rhodes Must Fall’

Editors discuss new book about drive to remove honors for Cecil Rhodes from universities in Britain and elsewhere.

How Undergrads Think About Law School

New report sheds light on what students are thinking when they consider law school.

Multiple Measurements to Predict Success

Going beyond placement exams allows more community college students to take and pass gateway math and English courses, but some worry about students who need remediation.
Opinion

Why Are We Still Grading?

There is absolutely no way to take a student’s work in any class and put a number or a letter to it in a way that couldn’t be done in another equally reasonable way, argues Dan Houck.

The Right to a Recommendation?

University of Michigan professor refuses to write on behalf of student hoping to study in Israel. Are such letters a professional responsibility or subject to faculty members' political views?
Opinion

The Problem With Pronouns

Asking everyone their preferred personal pronoun is not a good idea, argues Rachel N. Levin.

Due Process or Delayed Announcements?

What students don't immediately know about a college being placed on probation won't hurt them. Will it?