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Wick Sloane shares the tale of a student and of Tim O’Brien, from Vietnam -- North and South -- to Bunker Hill, and on to Mount Holyoke.

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Cliff Adelman explores the rhetoric and practice surrounding an oft-used phrase -- and asks readers to consider six frameworks for thinking about the word before they next utter it.

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A classic work on the Depression era is back in print. Scott McLemee rallies to its call.

By Scott McLemee

In 2009 a group of 42 researchers, educators, and entrepreneurs met together at the invitation of Union Square Ventures, a...

By Eric Jansson

Humanities scholars should celebrate and preserve the lack of a clear hierarchy for journals in their disciplines, writes Jeffrey R. Di Leo.

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While faculty members have many traits, at the end of the tough academic year, Michael Bugeja focuses on the positive ones.

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The White House is looking to colleges to further one of President Obama’s key goals. Eboo Patel explains why.

By Eboo Patel

A new book worries over what the Internet is doing to our brains. Scott McLemee scratches his head.

By Scott McLemee