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Healthcare Provider
A new biography explores the life of Galen, whose medical writings were textbooks for 1500 years. Scott McLemee dissects his reputation.
Humanities as Spectacle
If you want to attract a crowd and public support, it's time to think about marketing and performance, writes Matti Bunzl.
Communication Scholars Need to Communicate
Ernest J. Wilson III considers why -- in an age that his discipline should be central -- it is instead on the sidelines.
One Down, One to Go
By resetting student loan rates, Congress just fixed one big mistake from a 2007 higher ed law, writes Andrew Gillen. Now it should tackle the second: create a well-designed income-based loan program.
A Big IDEA
Experiential learning is one way that colleges and universities can better prepare their students for a life of work. Peter Stokes highlights one innovative approach.
Opinion
Career Planning Beyond the B.A.
If the quest to help prepare students for careers after graduation, colleges have an ally in "XBA" programs, writes Peter Olson.
In Search of the Missing Link
Citing Internet sources in legal decisions and scholarship is the new normal -- and so are disappearing web pages. Scott McLemee clicks through.