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A Call for Transparency in College Admission
Colleges, students, families and the news media all have a role to play in dialing down the frenzy, writes Peter Van Buskirk.
Unpacking Gide's Suitcase at Camp Hickiwawa
It’s Monday morning and my head is so foggy I can hardly type these words. I just returned yesterday from...
War Thoughts at Home
A graduate student has discovered a previously unknown poem by Robert Frost. Scott McLemee takes a passing glimpse.
What Spellings Got Right and Wrong
The education secretary and her higher education commission started the right conversation, but missed some key themes, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy writes.
Just Ask the Students
A colleague's question prompts Laurence Musgrove to consider the responsibilities of professors when making assignments.
Advising: Less Is More?
Students need practical help, not deep relationships, write David C. Paris and Timothy E. Elgren.
Regulating the New Consumerism
Colleges can fend off government-mandated homogeneity only by better measuring and publicizing their own performance, John V. Lombardi writes.
A Liberal Dose of Reason
Is Michael Bérubé a profiteer in the culture wars? Scott McLemee looks at his blog and his new books and the author discusses them in a podcast.