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Depillation
The spate of fake hate crimes at America's universities makes going after these people and punishing them crucial. Truly malicious...
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The Quick and The Small
I’ve always liked Adam Gopnik’s writing, but his recent piece in support of abridged books has an odd thesis imbedded...
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Hell Hath No Fury
A new correspondent writes: I am a Department Head for a large urban CC in a very small vocational program...
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Watch Lists
OK, I’m following the conversation in Washington about putting universities and colleges on a watch list if they increase their...
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Of Pedagogy
There was a roundtable here last Friday on creative-writing pedagogy. I hadn’t RSVP’d for the event but agreed to go...
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Death Valley
Although the very thought of it makes some academics blanch, I'm beginning to think that "evidence-based management" could be really...
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Well, That Explains a Lot...
In the context of discussing ways to encourage her colleagues to try to reach students at different levels of demonstrated...
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Napster University?
According to IHE, the latest proposed extension of the Higher Education Act contains, among other things, a provision requiring that...