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Fuzzy Numbers
John V. Lombardi on why the student/faculty ratio owns a special place among the most spurious of higher education statistics.
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Who's Undermining Free Speech on Campus Now?
Freedom of speech is crucial both to a healthy democracy and the life of the mind. The First Amendment to...
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The Writer's Writer
Ask almost any American writer today for a list of his or her literary idols, and Frank Conroy’s name usually...
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Read This!
An academic blogger talks about a new campaign to interest readers in fiction that they might otherwise miss.
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The Importance of Elsewhere
Terry Caesar considers the allure of academic jobs in faraway locations.
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Bellow's Gift
The news of Saul Bellow's death sent me to the bookshelves, in search of (among other things) a set of...
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Ambush the White Rabbit
Michael Arnzen offers what he calls "behavior modification for the chronically tardy."