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The Elusive 'It'
I’m in my 29th year of community college work -- nearly three decades of completed service and the happy land...
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The Music Industry's 'Spring Offensive'
This afternoon, in a Congressional office building, Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.), chairman of the House of Representatives Judiciary Subcommittee on...
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From Grub Street to the Ivory Tower (and Back)
Getting from academe to the publishing world isn't easy, but Scott McLemee finds some grad students who just might make it.
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Teaching Without Textbooks
They aren't only too expensive, they are boring and your students will learn more without them, writes Rob Weir.
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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Richard J. Gelles considers the rude way most college committees treat those asked to write external review letters, and offers some suggestions.
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The Duke Case in Perspective
A scholar of gang rape on campuses writes that even if no assault took place, the lacrosse party is part of a disturbing pattern and the athletes aren't heroes.
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Reject the 'Finish in 4' Fad
"Finish in four, I promise!" That is what Northern Arizona University is telling its incoming students. With a little better...
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Motivation and Its Discontents
Will bringing in an inspirational speaker cure the faculty blues? Scott McLemee describes a skirmish in the culture wars.