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Academic Performance and the BCS
With conference realignment in full swing, three scholars of higher education rank the scholarly prowess of the major college sports leagues.
'The Managerial Unconscious'
A new book maps the corporate genome of composition studies. Scott McLemee has a look.
Classroom Styles
The way professors prefer to teach may not match the way students can gain the most, writes Robert J. Sternberg.
A Sit-In Threat on Day One
Peter Laipson considers what an administrator should learn from a well-intentioned student protest.
The Myth of College as a Fairy Tale
The idea that students live in a low-stress, light-work bubble, waiting to enter the "real world," is a lie, writes Justin D. Martin.
Tolstoy in the Slaughterhouse
Brendan Boyle considers the fictions of summer reading programs.
Beyond the Three Percent
Why do publishers bring out so few books in translation? Scott McLemee interviews someone trying to change things.
Measuring Engagement
The leaders of two student surveys -- used by hundreds of colleges but questioned lately by some researchers -- defend their projects.