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Burck Smith -- though a fan of nontraditional ways to deliver instruction -- worries about deals signed by some colleges that will add to what students must pay.

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A university exhibit and a new book look at David Foster Wallace's life and work. Scott McLemee visits the relics...

By Scott McLemee

Maria Shine Stewart reflects on her childhood dream of teaching. Today, she is a long-term instructor, fully committed ... to three colleges at once.

By Maria Shine Stewart

A central discipline finds itself alienated not only from much of society but from the humanities, in large part because of misconceptions about the field, writes Jason Stanley.

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Oral exams shouldn't be reserved for the dissertation defense, write Tom Deans and Jamie Frueh, who use them with their undergrads.

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You think you've got student affairs issues? Lee Burdette Williams might make you reconsider.

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Is it a tool, a literary genre, or a nervous tic? Scott McLemee jots down some thoughts.

By Scott McLemee

Moving past debates over which works belong in the canon, colleges are finding ways to help students experience the overarching narratives of civilization, writes Dan Edelstein.

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