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Behavior Management and a University System

A strategy focused on coordination, goals, data and results (and a willingness to make adjustments) can change higher education, writes Alexandra W. Logue.
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The Filth and the Fury

Need a guide to vocabulary in the focative case? Scott McLemee looks at the definitive study of "the F word."
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The Misguided 'Online Skills Laboratory'

While seeking to make college more affordable and accessible, the Obama administration has launched a worrisome but largely unnoticed assault...
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Change Through Debate

Academe has a unique ability to promote political civility in the United States, writes Susan Herbst.
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A System for Fighting Digital Defamation

Benjamin Bleiberg and Joseph Storch propose a way to help victims combat the Web sites that vilify college students.
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Saving Public Higher Ed

Joseph E. Aoun argues that all parties in higher education -- including leaders of private universities like his -- suffer when state colleges struggle financially.
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Mutual Aid Society

Did humanity evolve with selfish genes? Scott McLemee looks into an alternative theory
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Helping Women in 100-Hour Couples

Colleges need to embrace specific policies and also to promote flexibility if they want to recruit and retain female faculty members, write Karine Moe and Dianna Shandy.