Filter & Sort
Peer Grading Can’t Work
Jonathan Rees found much to like in a MOOC in which he enrolled, but writes that the use of students to evaluate one another does not work and undermines the role of professors.
English Prof as Entrepreneur
Scholars in the humanities have a money-making tradition to draw upon, and they should embrace it, writes Richard Utz.
Yes, Virginia is O.K. But…
Garrison Walters offers some thoughts on the lessons that trustees and others should (and shouldn't) have drawn from the University of Virginia's governance meltdown.
My Substitute Semester
An unexpected message from an unlikely source helped Michael Bugeja return to the classroom.
Let's Get Small
Jeremy Bernstein's "A Palette of Particles" offers a guided tour of the subatomic universe. Scott McLemee goes on a trip.
Opinion
Connection in China - I
Michael Roth lectures on Jefferson, Emerson and Dewey at Peking University -- and finds an audience intrigued by the ideas of liberal education.
Academic Jerks
A professor's reflection on personalities prevalent in academe strikes a chord with scholars.
Opinion
Connection in China -- II
Rick Ostrander travels to Hangzhou and considers how he can attract students to a Christian liberal arts institution in Michigan that doesn't judge its value by U.S. News rankings.