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Cardinal Questions
Can believers and unbelievers find fellowship? Scott McLemee looks at the 21st-century dialogue between faith and reason.
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Peer Grading Can’t Work
Jonathan Rees found much to like in a MOOC in which he enrolled, but writes that the use of students to evaluate one another does not work and undermines the role of professors.
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English Prof as Entrepreneur
Scholars in the humanities have a money-making tradition to draw upon, and they should embrace it, writes Richard Utz.
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Yes, Virginia is O.K. But…
Garrison Walters offers some thoughts on the lessons that trustees and others should (and shouldn't) have drawn from the University of Virginia's governance meltdown.
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My Substitute Semester
An unexpected message from an unlikely source helped Michael Bugeja return to the classroom.
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Let's Get Small
Jeremy Bernstein's "A Palette of Particles" offers a guided tour of the subatomic universe. Scott McLemee goes on a trip.
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Connection in China - I
Michael Roth lectures on Jefferson, Emerson and Dewey at Peking University -- and finds an audience intrigued by the ideas of liberal education.
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Academic Jerks
A professor's reflection on personalities prevalent in academe strikes a chord with scholars.