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Defending U. of Phoenix
The university's new president, Tim Slottow, responds to Matt Reed's questions about academic quality, saying the for-profit chain serves students well.
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The Future of the University Quarterly
A great legacy can continue but will require both literary and business creativity, write Ian Morris and Joanne Diaz.
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The Wrong Path to Higher Ed Equality
President Obama’s plans for free community college and higher ed ratings will reinforce, not combat, inequity for disadvantaged students, writes Tomiko Brown-Nagin.
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Politically Correct?
Charles Green takes issue with the way mainstream publications characterize higher education.
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'Lighting Up'
Smoking is cool, sophisticated, sexy and enjoyable. Plus, it can kill you. Scott McLemee looks at a study of how students try to split the difference.
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A Persistently Ignored Problem
Public attention for student-on-student harassment and assault is overdue, but colleges also need to prevent the mistreatment of students by faculty members, writes Billie Wright Dziech.
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Fifty Shades of Theory
Laurie Essig channels a love story about the pain of abstract thought.
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Cautions on E-books
Daniel Goldstein warns that some of the contracts colleges are accepting may limit access in key ways.