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Veterans Day 2011
Wick Sloane expands his annual survey of the enrollment of ex-military service members at elite colleges. A few pleasant surprises aside, the numbers aren't pretty.
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What Were They Thinking?
The scandal at Penn State reminds us that smart leaders, including academic administrators, are particularly susceptible to fallacies in thinking that promote foolish behavior, writes Robert J. Sternberg.
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Under the Sign of Saturn
An American historian reflects on the human condition -- and on how trying to escape it can make things worse. Scott McLemee investigates.
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Open Letter to Anonymous
Four women involved in providing services for women on campuses respond to a recent essay criticizing the Education Department's guidance on responding to reports of sexual assaults.
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Weaving Colleges Into Communities
With higher education under scrutiny and strain, campus leaders should find ways to weave their institutions -- in mission-appropriate ways -- into the worlds they inhabit, writes Richard Greenwald.
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Limited Partnership
What can India learn from American higher education? Not much, writes Philip G. Altbach.
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Student Success, in the Classroom
Too many campus efforts are on the margins of the classroom and do not change what actually happens within, writes Vincent Tinto: Let's focus on expectations, support, feedback and involvement.
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Guerrilla Librarians in Our Midst
Their slogan is "Literacy, Legitimacy, and Moral Authority." Scott McLemee hears from the book people of Occupy Wall Street.