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Days of Reckoning
Asked to prove how well their students are learning when the assessors come to town, the English faculty at U of All People steps up. Well, sort of, David Galef explains.
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(This) Adjunct is Dead
One longtime philosophy adjunct comes to terms with academic job market -- on his own terms.
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Don't Go to College Next Year
Gap years change students in ways that society needs -- and much more should be done to make them a possibility for all students, not just the privileged, Joe O'Shea writes.
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It Ain’t What I Say
When administrators about issues such as assessment and competency-based learning, writes Judith Shapiro, the language they use is crucial if they want to engage faculty members.
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Clio and Her Sisters
A new book portrays the muse of history as multitasking and interdisciplinary. Scott McLemee looks at her in a new light.
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Academe Quits Me
D.G Myers faces an unceremonious end of his career as an English professor after 24 years -- and warns that the same fate may befall many of his humanities colleagues.
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Tech Alone Won't Cut It
Electronic advising systems have plenty of potential, writes Melinda Mechur Karp. But they will fall short without more attention to the messy, human side educational technology.
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Carpetbagging Coach's Last Lesson
The hasty departure of Penn State's football coach -- after begging his players to stay amid scandal -- is yet more evidence of college sports' hypocrisy, writes William F. Devine.