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Screen Memories
Scott McLemee reviews Kate Eichhorn's The End of Forgetting: Growing Up With Social Media.
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Veblen Saw It Coming
Several characterizations of the wealthy in his writings seem especially relevant to the ongoing admissions scandal, Mike Martin observes.
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Let the Professors Run the University
Faculty members need to reassert themselves as the people who direct discourse on campuses, argues Samuel J. Abrams.
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We Need a 'Communiversity' Model of Public Education
The economy requires an aggressive shift to a system, writes Kenneth Ender, where public colleges are stitched together with K-12 and local nonprofits and feature an electronic backbone of support.
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Philanthropy for the New Majority
Mort Maimon, a president's spouse, describes why he financially supports students who confront obstacles to obtaining a college degree.
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The Pivotal -- and Pivoting -- Partnership
As institutions and contexts change, trustees and presidents must rethink how the board works, how priorities have shifted, and the ways in which they interact, Cathy Trower and Peter Eckel write.
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I’m Suing My Gym!
The argument that colleges should share the financial risks of students who take out loans is similar to saying gyms are responsible for patrons' physical health and fitness, argues Walter Kimbrough.
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Not All Studies Are Created Equal: A Reader’s Guide
The quality of much of the research on higher education is questionable, argue David H. Feldman and Douglas A. Webber, who recommend some questions you should ask when interpreting the results.