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Tom Wolfe and College Sex

Jonathan Zimmerman considers the late writer's fiction and nonfiction on the subject.
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Let's End Commencement

If nothing else, we should offer a deeper and more meaningful connection to our institutions than sitting for hours in a sports arena, waiting to hear one's name called, argues Jonathan Beecher Field.
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Ethical College Admissions: The Demise of Access

A new report leaves Jim Jump wondering if low-income students can still find the money to pay for public higher education.
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The Value of Testing in Graduate Admissions

Doctoral admissions needs reform, but not the end of testing, writes David G. Payne.
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Portrait of a Puritanical Knucklehead

The struggle between piety and libido in the age of mechanical reproduction is at the core of Amy Werbel's Lust on Trial: Censorship and the Rise of American Obscenity in the Age of Anthony Comstock, writes Scott McLemee.
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Financial ‘Safety Schools’ Are Hard to Find

Most public universities are no longer affordable for low-income students, writes Carrie Warick, leaving few financially safe options for applicants.
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Overreacting to College Student Suicide?

Promoting reasonable expectations for suicide prevention will help everyone, write Paul D. Polychronis and Peter F. Lake.
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Making ‘Academic Innovation’ Meaningful

Calls to create a discipline around the term risk reinforcing existing problems with how it is used -- and misused -- in higher education, Rolin Moe writes.