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From Strength to Strength
To promote real growth by students, colleges need to stop helping them avoid everything that dismays or offends, writes Judith Shapiro.
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Rethinking Everything … Literally
Working with a group of students who are linear thinkers by nature has forced Lee Burdette Williams to block that metaphor.
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Dozing Off
Universities can and should do more to help Chinese students adapt to higher education in the U.S., Bob Eckhart argues.
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Younger Than That Now
A new book reflects on generation gaps and how they get that way. Scott McLemee takes a look.
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Memorials and Legacies
Rev. Charles L. Howard, who organizes memorial services at his university, reflects on what they illustrate about the deceased and lives well-lived.
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The Innovation Agenda
Higher education is too important to be left up to administrators, business investors, and their government allies, writes Jeffrey J. Williams.
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15 Hours Doesn't Work for Everyone
We can do a lot to help adult students finish college. But increasing the course load for full-time Pell Grant recipients could actually hurt some of them, Pamela Tate argues.
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Curiosity Kills the Cat's Career
Katrina Gulliver reflects on the limits disciplines impose on scholars based on specialties.