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The Case Against the Term Paper
Students need to read more, talk about ideas and then write shorter papers more often, writes Deborah J. Cohan.
Jury Rejects Suit by Sandy Hook Denier
Florida Atlantic University prevails in suit by professor it fired.
Reversal in UConn Fracas
Charges are dropped against controversial speaker, but woman who took his notes is arrested. She says she was trying to prevent racist hate speech.
Breach of Duty or Legal Overreach?
Court filings in a suit challenging American Studies Association's boycott of Israeli universities allege that candidates for key roles in association kept their plans to push for a boycott secret when they stood for office.
Punished for Anti-Semitism
Rutgers professor who was prolifically anti-Semitic on social media is removed from teaching required courses and from a campus leadership post.
‘Holding Space’ for Victims of Harassment
What can a crowdsourced survey of sexual harassment in academe tell us about the problem?
Who Changes Majors? (Not Who You Think)
Graduates with math degrees fare well on the job market, but a greater share of students leave the major than any other, new federal data show. Are those students making a bad choice?
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Watergate, Rebooted
Impeachment: A Citizen’s Guide, by Cass R. Sunstein, is not an attempt to rally the public to any particular cause but rather a tribute to the Founding Fathers’ wisdom, writes Scott McLemee.