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Populist, Not Progressive
Proposals to make public higher education free will hurt, not help, students from low-income backgrounds, Don Francis argues.
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Sex on Campus
If we want to prevent assaults and protect students, it's time to talk about hypersexual culture and the messages it has sent to students before they arrive, writes Billie Wright Dziech.
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Three Cheers!
An event honoring an exemplary American public intellectual is the hottest ticket in town. Scott McLemee reports on Scialabba-palooza.
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Teach the Ideals!
Students need to grapple with timeless questions and truly consider the possibilities of life, writes Mark Edmundson.
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The Student's Dilemma
Lanny Arvan shares the lessons he picked up from intense discussions with three international students.
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New and Improved Writing in Your Underwear
Brian Goedde explains how he came to embrace online learning for a form of teaching known for its in-person experience.
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The Atrocity Exhibition
All too familiar: a disturbed loner wins posthumous recognition by mixing mass murder and mass media. Scott McLemee consults an Italian theorist's reflections on the problem.