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An Open Letter to Graduate Students of English and Foreign Languages

It's time to consider jobs at community colleges, which differ in many ways from research universities, but have much to offer an aspiring academic, writes Sean P. Murphy.
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This Year's Model

Just before heading to San Francisco for the annual convention of the Modern Language Association, I had a brilliant idea...
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Syllabus

A poem by Laurence Musgrove.
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The Year Ahead in Higher Ed Technology

Budget woes, ‘killer ap’ fatigue, and security-related disruptions top Lev Gonick’s list of the 10 IT issues facing colleges in 2009.
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The Adjuncts' Mandate

The recent reports on academic labor by the American Federation of Teachers and Modern Language Association are great news. The...
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Seeking Money for Universities, Not Students

Wrapped in high-minded rhetoric, public colleges' plea for federal stimulus funds is purely pork barrel politics, argues Jane S. Shaw.
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Risks of Admissions Marketing on Facebook

Admissions officers should be careful about assuming they have any control, write Doug Usher and Barry Reicherter.
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Going on a Diet

Among Richard Vedder's 10 ways the economic downturn might change campus behavior: bigger teaching loads, more unionization, a truce in the athletics arms race -- and a slowing in college presidents' pay?