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A sociologist's new book tracks the proliferation of awards in American culture. Scott McLemee wonders if we're all really winners.

International educators need to be aware how their work can be used -- and misused -- for political purposes, writes Mark A. Ashwill.

A new report asserts that higher ed can double production of degrees with no more public money. Really? At what cost? asks Garrison Walters.

Academics should not let misuse of other's words pass without comment -- whether the perpetrators are New Yorker authors or college presidents, Hollis Robbins writes.

Tom Schellhardt writes that college budgets aren't as flexible as some would like.

Just because your online identity can be used against you doesn't mean you should hide, even if you don't have tenure, writes Sonya Huber.

Whatever happened to the peace movement? Scott McLemee looks at new research on the collapse of a cause.

The association of two-year colleges prepares for annual conference with the wrong program. Wick Sloane urges its leaders to rise to the challenge.