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Jewish in Polynesia

When he ended up teaching anthropology in Hawaii, Alex Golub writes that traditional assumptions about ethnicity -- and how to talk about it in the classroom -- just didn’t work any more.
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Conflicting Interests

At its best, accreditation can work wonders, writes John D. Wiley, but too often it doesn't serve students or taxpayers.
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It's Time to End 'Physics for Poets'

At the small liberal arts college where I teach, we have recently undertaken a wholesale revision of our core liberal...
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The Silencer

People are bringing cell phones into libraries and academic conferences. Scott McLemee wants to take them out.
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Self-Assessment: Academe and Me

An annual assignment from a dean leaves one professor thinking about how colleges really view the minority faculty members they say they value so highly.
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Our Office

Christopher Conway remembers moving into the space until recently occupied by a beloved professor who had died unexpectedly.
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Dreams Deferred?

Congress shouldn’t let inflammatory rhetoric derail a bill that will help undocumented students, David Hawkins argues.
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Deaf and Dizzy Lawmakers

Doug Bennett writes that Congress is focused on the wrong higher education issues and doesn't understand the federal role in academe.