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A Place to Read

Even in an era of wired students and adjuncts without offices, Terry Caesar writes that colleges must be places where people can spend quality time with books.
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Defiance!

Is Google a menace to humanity, or at least to Europe? Scott McLemee searches for the answer.
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A Short Note About a Long(itudinal) Topic

Data theft is not the only way a federal plan to track students could rob them of privacy, Bernard Fryshman warns.
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No Time for Complacency

America is under-investing in basic research, and professors and members of Congress can't let that continue, Sen. Bill Frist writes.
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The Politics That Should Be in the Classroom

Running for the school board prompts Matthew M. DeForrest to think about professors' attitudes about civic life.
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Where Is the Faculty in the Admissions Debates?

On questions of early decision, the SAT, merit scholarships and more, professors need to get educated and involved, writes Andrew Delbanco.
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Like a Rock

Was I.F. Stone a subversive or a patriot? Scott McLemee examines the evidence.
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Counterpoint: Lenders Respond

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is wrong: Eliminating the guaranteed student loan program would hurt, not help, college access, Kevin Bruns writes.