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Academic Advising by a Bot
Jonathan Deutsch shares his recent online discussion with a company promising to find him the perfect distance education program.
Diamonds in the Rough
For all the frustrations students sometimes give their professors, Christopher Phelps writes of the way some of them inspire.
Teaching, Principles and the Role of the Professor
Leonard V. Kaplan, a faculty member who was ensnared in a controversy over remarks he says were misreported, reflects on the larger issues for academe raised by the fracas.
Split Division III? Proceed With Caution
The colleges considering leaving the NCAA’s nonscholarship competitive level risk hurting their institutions and turning off students, W. Kent Barnds writes.
Starting Out in the Evening
An unfilmable novel about literary life hits the cineplex. Scott McLemee interviews the author.
A Place of More
Debra Carney considers the lessons of coaching students in Cambodia and the United States.
On College Costs, Be Careful What You Wish For
If in the name of accountability, higher education is forced to focus obsessively on reducing expenses, the results won't yield the kind of institutions Americans want and need, writes William G. Durden.
Both Sides Now
Having received readers' reports on her manuscripts and contributed to those for others, Caroline Levine writes about why she imposed a rule on herself.