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Adventures in Wonderland
For all the hubbub about massive online classes offered by elite universities, the real potential game-changer in higher education is competency-based learning, writes Ryan Craig.
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Getting Siri-ous
A techno-phobe professor at U of All People experiments with the iPhone's voice-activated assistant -- and the results aren't pretty. David Galef surveys the damage.
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Obama, Clinton, Palin
Historians look back at the 2008 election in a new book. Scott McLemee registers his impressions.
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Among the Majority
Michael Bérubé reflects on the first national meeting of an organization fighting for academics off the tenure track.
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The Admiring Ignorant
William Bradley considers how students treat professors these days, and how he treated the professors he revered in college.
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Dear President Obama …
While the administration should be praised for focusing on rising tuition rates, it needs to craft its policies with care, writes Robert J. Sternberg.
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Office Mix Up
It's time for colleges to stop organizing faculty offices by discipline, writes Peter A. Coclanis.
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Judging Patron Saints
When a key figure in a university's history has a contested history, how should the institution respond? asks Kenneth P. Ruscio.