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The Kircher Code

Enough with Da Vinci Code already! Scott McLemee champions a Renaissance man whose time has come.
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What Trustees Must Do, After A.U.

Boards should change their behavior -- before Congress makes them, says Drew Miller.
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The Exhausting Job of Teaching

Wonder why you are worn out by the end of the semester? Shari Wilson explores the demands of being a professor.
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An Alternative Approach to Finding Presidents

Lucie Lapovsky suggests that colleges consider planning for succession rather than automatically going to an outside search.
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Rules for Visiting Lecturers

David Galef shares the latest memo making the rounds at U. of All People.
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We, the People...

A French thinker is writing the "conceptual history" of modern democracy. Scott McLemee takes some lessons.
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Passion for Paper

Alex Golub writes about why even digitally enabled scholars will continue to love books.
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The Tyranny of Citations

A popular way of comparing scholars and institutions is having unintended negative consequences all over the world, writes Philip G. Altbach.