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Ethical College Admissions: NACAC and the DOJ
The department is acting out of a completely different view of higher education than most educators have, writes Jim Jump.
The University: Agent of Change in a Changing Age
Even as we remain committed to principles of inclusiveness, accessibility, equity and justice, we must ensure that we are challenging our students -- and ourselves -- with difficult and controversial subjects, writes David V. Rosowsky.
A Contingent Faculty Compromise
Contingent faculty members are underpaid, yet administrators rarely take seriously the arguments championing equal pay for equal work, writes Daniel Davis. It’s time for a new approach.
Academic and Political Elitism
Musa al-Gharbi warns of the dangers of politicizing educational attainment.
Academe and Anomie
Nothing in our job descriptions requires us to be the best ever with the most publications in the best journals with the most grant money, writes Michael Rocque, so we should stop comparing and ranking ourselves.
Ethical College Admissions: Baked Alaska
Jim Jump asks, is it legitimate to take advantage of another's hardship?
A Man of Many Words
Peter Martin's The Dictionary Wars: The American Fight Over the English Language shows Noah Webster as the sort of ideologue who's convinced he has a historical mission and carries himself accordingly, writes Scott McLemee.