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Piled Higher and Deeper
Is Harry Frankfurt's best-selling book useful for understanding the current political situation? Scott McLemee thinks we need another concept.
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Love In (and Out of) Academe
Shari Wilson considers whether professors are better off with partners who are also professors.
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Master Class
An urban university invites a distinguished immigrant writer to inspire students -- in theory, at least.
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From the Workshop
Scott McLemee revisits C. Wright Mills's advice on living the scholarly life.
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Professors Are Parents, Too
When his son goes off to college, Peter Cleary Yeager finds himself thinking about students in a different way.
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Postseason Blues
In Division III athletics, playoff season is when colleges' values are tested, Paula Krebs writes, and if professors don't get involved, colleges will fail.
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Meet the Press
A new manifesto announces the death of mass media and the emergence of the citizen journalist. Scott McLemee gives two (but not three) cheers.
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In Praise of Librarians
As the roles of libraries and their keepers change, Terry Caesar wants academics to appreciate those who care for our books.