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The Philadelphia Story

Scott McLemee is packing for MLA -- but first gets an earful about the report of the task force on tenure.
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A Modest Proposal on the Draft and Higher Education

Edward F. Palm offers an idea for getting more troops to Iraq -- and making Margaret Spellings happy.
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A Difficult Referral

When Shari Wilson suspects a student may have a learning disability, she finds her motives questioned.
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The Campaign to Gut Title IX

Advocates for men's sports are trying to "reform" into submission the law barring gender bias in education, Valerie M. Bonnette writes.
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Correcting With the Code

Fleur LaDouleur considers the use of codes in grading, faculty communications and elsewhere.
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What Said Said

A landmark of postcolonial studies gets tough treatment in a new book. Scott McLemee interviews the author.
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The Failure of Critical Thinking

Flawed reports about the admissions practices of elite universities -- and higher education's defensive response to them -- don't help improve access, John V. Lombardi writes.
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Thinking About Students as Workers

John Marsh writes that professors may be bosses more than they realize or like to admit.