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What Students Write
National study examines the nature of assignments -- and finds many of them lacking in creativity.
Workshops Work
Students fare better by skipping remediation and instead taking statistics with an additional workshop, new CUNY study finds, fueling state remedial reforms.
Opinion
The Digital Natives Are Restless
Judith Shapiro asks if academe is paying sufficient attention to all of the ways in which technology is changing the role of the professor and faculty-student interaction.
Opinion
Don't Ride the Bandwagon
Just because a teaching idea is hot doesn't mean you need to embrace it, writes Rob Weir.
Faculty Against Rape
Some faculty members want to play a bigger role in the fight against campus sexual assault. A new national advocacy group aims to help them do that.
Opinion
From Elvis to the Boss
So you want to be a rock 'n' roll star? Scott McLemee reports on a book tracing the role's history.
Boycott Battles Ahead
Both advocates and opponents of the boycott of Israeli universities are gearing up for a busy academic year on that front.
'Dear Committee Members'
New novel by an English professor offers a fresh take on the academic satire genre.