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A Defense of Liberal Learning
Glenn C. Altschuler considers how the new book 'Beyond the University' reviews the ideas of key American thinkers, and the disconnect between those ideas and today's debates about higher education.
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JOI to the Library
A new metric for journals ranks them by open access. Scott McLemee checks the index.
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Missing Rhetoric
When the Obama administration talks about higher education, key issues are consistently left out, writes John Churchill.
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Hard Work, High Demand
Sally Johnstone and Thad Nodine describe what Western Governors University has learned as it works on new competency-based programs with 11 community colleges.
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Why Developmental English Breaks My Heart
Compared to what she does now, teaching courses like "Writing Poetry" and "Women's Perspectives" was easy, Pam Whitfield says. But if she went back, who would help TJ or the anxious 30-year-old veteran?
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The Missing Factor
If the Obama administration wants to combat sexual assaults on campus, it needs to start talking about alcohol abuse, writes Raynard S. Kington.
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Let X = X
There's a new academic journal about "adult entertainment" -- because of course there is. Scott McLemee is caught looking.