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The Forgotten Middle Class
With Pell Grants no longer keeping up with students' need, the federal government should end its tuition tax credit and use the savings to increase Pell awards, Hamid Shirvani writes.
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What Should I Do About Jacob?
An anonymous faculty member discusses the questions raised by a recent experience teaching a student with intellectual disabilities.
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A Good Fit
After investing nearly 16 years in a full-time faculty job, Carolyn Foster Segal gives it up -- and suggests that others ask some hard questions before taking jobs like hers.
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More Veterans at Elite Colleges
Many selective institutions say too few military vets are qualified to enroll. Wick Sloane issues them a challenge: Run free summer sessions to help build the pool.
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Ideas of Academic Freedom
Debate over free speech and classroom controversy usually generates more heat than light. Scott McLemee looks at a cool new book.
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Lazy Higher Ed Journalism
Melonie Fullick reviews the clichés and half-truths that dominated too much discussion of academe in 2011.
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Hope and Desperation
The stampede that killed a woman at the University of Johannesburg reflects terrible realities facing higher education in South Africa, writes Adam Habib.
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Free Speech and (Offensive) Art
Student exhibits often lead to controversy in college classrooms and galleries, but Daniel Grant explores ways that expression and propriety can coexist.