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Whom to Invite

Pete Mackey considers why campuses -- and their diverse constituencies -- react to different speakers in different ways.
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Showing Up

Commencement is supposed to be students' crowning achievement. So how come so few professors bother to see their students off? David Galef asks.
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Gainful Employment: A Privacy Black Hole?

The Education Department's proposed mechanism for holding for-profit and vocational college programs accountable could put student data at serious risk, writes Daniel J. Solove.
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Matters of Ultimate Concern

A new book considers the power of religion in the public sphere. Scott McLemee reads it while bracing for 2012.
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Merger Debates Waste Time

State leaders who want to improve historically black colleges need to focus on students and budget fairness, not governance changes, writes James T. Minor.
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Please Tell

Stanton L. Jones argues that Christian colleges that bar gay sex can still be supportive of gay students.
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In Lieu of a Graduation Speech

With no budget for a big-name graduation speaker, David Galef reports, U of All People turns to one of its own.
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Facing the Freshmen -- II

Steve Allred, a provost, reflects on having taught freshmen for the first time in his career.