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The Two Session Solution
At separate events at separate hotels, MLA panelists discuss the Israel boycott movement and academic freedom. Only those who attended both sessions heard divergent views.
Deviance Course Lives On
Patti Adler will stay on at U. of Colorado, but blasts the way the university questioned a class lesson on prostitutes.
Kindness Is Possible
There are lots of stories about jerks in academe. A new blog isn't about them.
New Approach to Transfer
A multistate transfer agreement is based on proficiency rather than course credits, which might open the door further for models that do not rely on seat time.
The Pulse: iTunes U. and Dr. Fus
This month's edition of our monthly technology podcast features an interview with Ohio State University's Matthew W. Stoltzfus, whose chemistry course enrolled 100,000 on iTunes U.
Opinion
The Wrong Jury
Cary Nelson writes that the MLA is the wrong entity to judge Israeli-Palestinian disputes, and would be better off focusing on the many challenges to the humanities and academe in the U.S.
Losing Tenure for Being Difficult?
Academic freedom watchdogs paid little attention to Louis Wozniak's case at U. of Illinois because it appeared he had due process. But was he treated fairly?
Opinion
In Search of Chrononauts
A scientist and his students comb the digital archive for traces of time travelers among us. Scott McLemee goes back to the future.