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A Win-Win-Win Situation

A program that pairs faculty members with sports teams opens eyes for professors and doors for athletes, Michael Nelson writes.
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The Heart Has Its Reasons

Now that the cards and long-stem roses have been sent, Scott McLemee takes a look at a short, dense book about the meaning of love.
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Brain Drain Is Not Inevitable

American colleges should place more emphasis on educating those foreign students who will help their home colleges, writes Joan Dassin.
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Minding the Student Client

If we want more minority Ph.D.'s in the sciences, we need to start listening to minority graduate students, writes Daryl E. Chubin.
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Earning Your Trophies (or Not)

The culture of youth soccer is hurting higher education, writes James Ricky Cox.
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Portrait of the Scholar as a Young Novelist

Jenny White finds that a not-yet-published piece of fiction threatens to overwhelm two decades of scholarship.
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Professional Correctness

Scott McLemee interviews a sociologist about "identity dissonance" in professional schools.
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Education in Two Cultures

A team-taught course leaves Linda Brigham considering the inadequate interactions between the humanities and the sciences.