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An Impossible Student
Teaching himself Russian gives Bob Blaisdell perspective on his students who are new to English.
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In Loco Parentis, Post-Juicy Campus
Colleges should educate their students about the Internet, not try to shield them from it, Joseph Storch argues in the first of a two-part series.
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Spring Into Fall
David Galef describes how the men, women and children of U of All People are welcoming in the new academic year.
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Mortal Grace
Jim Carroll and Paul Ricoeur looked death in the face and wrote about it. Scott McLemee reads the fragments....
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Neve Gordon's Academic Freedom
It’s not easy to find a country in the Middle East whose universities honor academic freedom as we know it...
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Cassoulet and Leadership
A trip to the movie theater and an offhanded comment from an employee prompt Karen Gross to reflect on the similarities between cooking and presiding over a college.
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The To-Do List
In Part 2 of his essay, Robert Zemsky lays out the three big goals of serious higher ed reform: proving that students learn, bolstering pre-college preparation, and fixing financial dysfunction.
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Teaching After Midnight
A few hours ago, Wick Sloane taught his first section of an 11:45 p.m. to 2:45 a.m. course. He’s inspired by his students and community college – and mad as hell that no one seems to care about the nationwide conditions that make it impossible for so many students to find sections at the hours they need.