Filter & Sort
Opinion
From the Workshop
Scott McLemee revisits C. Wright Mills's advice on living the scholarly life.
Opinion
Professors Are Parents, Too
When his son goes off to college, Peter Cleary Yeager finds himself thinking about students in a different way.
Opinion
Postseason Blues
In Division III athletics, playoff season is when colleges' values are tested, Paula Krebs writes, and if professors don't get involved, colleges will fail.
Opinion
Meet the Press
A new manifesto announces the death of mass media and the emergence of the citizen journalist. Scott McLemee gives two (but not three) cheers.
Opinion
In Praise of Librarians
As the roles of libraries and their keepers change, Terry Caesar wants academics to appreciate those who care for our books.
Opinion
Radio Free Moby
Scott McLemee talks to one of the first literary bloggers about his decision to shift to online radio.
Opinion
A New Set of Lenses for Looking at Colleges
With new Carnegie Classifications about to be released, Alexander C. McCormick explains how they have evolved and what they mean -- and don't mean.
Opinion
Too Much Money? Sports and the Budget
It's the size of the subsidy, not the athletics program's total cost, that really matters, John V. Lombardi argues.