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Opinion
The Rate Stuff
Why should the faculty be the only campus service that students get to rate, professors at U of All People wondered. RateMyU.com was born, and David Galef describes the carnage.
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Trigger Warnings Are Flawed
Seven humanities professors offer 10 reasons that "trigger warnings" are counterproductive.
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Why I'll Add a Trigger Warning
Angus Johnston thinks the concept is a worthy addition to a syllabus and promotes good teaching values.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.