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Know Thy Selfie
People refer to "the Me generation" as if there were just the one. Scott McLemee peers into Simon Blackburn's "Mirror, Mirror."
Again and Again
Lawrence Schall wonders if -- in the wake of another tragedy -- college presidents can find a way to lead the discussion on the need for gun control.
Defending Commencement Protest
The much-praised critique of Haverford students by the substitute speaker ignored key facts about the protest movement and the nature of dissent on campus, writes Michael Rushmore.
The Continued Coming of Second Language Students
To better serve the non-native students struggling with English who are (again) flooding classrooms, let's not assume they are “remedial,” Clifford Adelman warns.
For-Profit Status Is Not the Problem
Proprietary institutions need to shun short-run investor thinking in favor of long-term thinking with students and social purpose in mind, Jorge Klor de Alva argues.
A False Choice
Students and the colleges that teach them need not focus on only hard and soft skills, writes Gloria Cordes Larson.
Rhetoric of a Global Epidemic
How we communicate about disease can have consequences for prevention and treatment. Scott McLemee consults a new book on a recent epidemic.
Commencement Shouldn't Be Bread and Circuses
It's time to end the competition for celebrity speakers, Patricia McGuire argues.