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Stepping Onto the Tenure Track

Alex Golub reflects on his shift from adjunct to a permanent position.
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Halting the Race to the Bottom

John Sexton considers the destructive impact of dogmatism on civil discourse -- and how universities may provide an antidote.
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A Challenge to the Forum

The elite college officials gathering at an Aspen retreat this weekend shouldn't duck the big issues, Wick Sloane says.
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Making Opportunity Real

All colleges have roles in opening higher education to disadvantaged students, write Michael S. McPherson and Morton Owen Schapiro.
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Using Football as Bait

Colleges that create teams to swell their male enrollments often do a disservice to the players, Gordon Marino argues.
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State of the Annotation

Is marking up a book a sign of concentration, or just graffiti? Scott McLemee considers the highlights of marginalia.
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The Standardization of College Teaching

When administrators tell professors the books they must use, Shari Wilson wonders where the faculty role is headed.
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Solidarity

Cary Nelson offers an inside look at the faculty strike at Eastern Michigan University.