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The Stimulus Package -- News From the Front

Hundreds of billions of dollars are flowing. Wick Sloane wonders: Can't the country spare $100 in textbook loaners for each of the nation's community college students?
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No More 'One and Dones'

The National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I men's basketball tournament resumes today. After the nets have been cut at the...
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A Change is Gonna Come

One university press shifts to digital, and more will eventually. Scott McLemee wonders if there's more to it than "YouTube with footnotes"...
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The Admissions Lottery

Given the competition, acceptance to selective colleges has become almost a random process. Why not end the myth, Chad Aldeman writes, and admit qualified students using a raffle?
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Knowledge Overload

With so many good scholarly books going unread, and good conference papers unheard, it's time to rethink how we share information in academe, writes Ken Coates.
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Getting Serious About Research Online

Higher education needs to get serious about materials found in electronic formats, writes Sara Kubik.
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Meanings and Metrics

It's time for humanists to move beyond a Luddite approach on student learning, for strategic and educational reasons, David Scobey argues.
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These Kids Today!

A prominent critic worries about college students' extracurricular reading. But Scott McLemee wonders about the best-seller lists....