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The Loose, Baggy Monster
A new book take up the cudgels on behalf of social constructionism. Scott McLemee isn't exactly knocked out.
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Digital Hubris, Digital Humility
Adam Crymble considers why a rapidly growing movement has attracted a backlash, and what can be done about it.
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Email and Higher Ed History
Colleges need to find ways to preserve the digital record of presidential decision-making, writes Glenn C. Altschuler.
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Hard Questions About Big Data
The controversy over Facebook's manipulation of data raises vexing issues for educational researchers at a time of great promise -- and risk, Justin Reich and Mitchell Stevens argue.
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Confronting Tainted Histories
Colleges that participated in the slave economy or engaged in other forms of discrimination must engage with the past to shape their cultures now, writes Michele Minter.
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Room for Creativity?
Two adjuncts discuss how they balance their creative interests with course coverage obligations.
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Mass Incarceration on Trial
The U.S. leads the world in the size of its prison population. Scott McLemee check out a new book suggesting that tide is starting to turn.
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The Power of Grad Students
Even in challenging times for higher education, unions representing teaching assistants are achieving important victories that help many others in academe, writes Asad Haider.