Filter & Sort
Off the Clock
Whatever happened to the shrinking work week that futurologists used to worry about? Scott McLemee checks into a volume in the field of leisure studies.
Isn't Learning Part of 'Value'?
President Obama is right to want colleges to prove their worth – but his “myopic” plan ignores how much students learn, writes Richard Hersh.
More Work to Be Done
President Obama's endorsement of competency-based programs is welcome, writes Deb Bushway, but key federal policies need to change to promote this kind of education.
So You Think You Can Think
To teach a course about reality TV, Dominic Pettman turned his class into a reality TV show.
Ratings Are Not So Easy
It's hard to argue with President Obama's analysis of higher education's problems, writes Karen Gross, but his proposed solution -- a system for rating colleges -- must be crafted very carefully.
The Sexual Politics of Scholarship
Laura Wright considers the way the ideas of women -- in and out of the academy -- are judged.
Better Off Dead
In a rebuttal to a recent essay, faculty leaders explain why a recently stalled California bill to grant academic credit for third-party courses would have hurt students and taxpayers.
'A Freedom Budget for All'
Everyone remembers Dr. King's speech at the March on Washington -- but not the blueprint for realizing his dream. Scott McLemee interviews the author of a new book on the subject.