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Beyond Supply and Demand

Catharine Hill questions the assumptions behind a critique of college pricing.
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Like a Rolling Stone

Critic and feminist thinker Ellen Willis is being honored with a conference and a posthumous collection of her rock writing. Scott McLemee wonders what took so long.
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Risk Springs Eternal

Tempting as it is to try to stop alcohol-fueled campus events, colleges might be better off focusing on protecting students, Lee Williams writes.
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Laboring in Education

Based on their faith, Roman Catholic colleges should not oppose the unionization of adjuncts, writes Paul Dinter.
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Missed Opportunity

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights should have pursued its inquiry into alleged bias against female applicants to college, writes Richard Whitmire.
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Remediation at a Crossroads

Will efforts to improve basic skills instruction lead to more of the same, or to a rich and robust education for students? Mike Rose asks.
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Numbers That Bedazzle, Numbers That Benumb

Pressure on accreditors and college officials to emphasize data over professional expertise in gauging higher education quality is misplaced, Bernard Fryshman writes.
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Poisonous Knowledge

A new book looks at the narcopolitics of methamphetamine. Scott McLemee grinds his teeth while reading it.