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The 2.0 Decade?
Readers come up with names for the era now winding down. And Scott McLemee looks back on it all....
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Professors Should Embrace Wikipedia
Academics can strengthen the online encyclopedia and benefit from doing so, writes Mark A. Wilson.
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A Challenge to Billion Dollar Endowments
Bruce Simon writes about how the debate looks when your institution's entire budget would be a rounding error for Harvard, and offers suggestions for the wealthiest universities.
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Beyond Pledges and Light Bulbs
Universities that want to really have an impact on global climate change should focus on their research and spurring the creation of green businesses, writes Larry Edward Penley.
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Attending a Conference, Looking for an Exit
Terry Caesar recalls presentations in search of an audience, and other awkward moments.
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'Telling' Hard Truths About War
With American society divided for and against the war, returning veterans tend to be viewed more as issues than as...
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The Future of Accreditation?
Judith S. Eaton looks ahead to 2014, when the events of the past year may have laid the groundwork for irrevocable change in federal regulation of higher education.