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Why I Teach Intro
Robert Brym considers the professional values of embracing the 101 courses so many professors avoid.
From the Editors: Our Updated Look
A guide to the changes and new features on the revamped Web site we are unveiling today.
Sparrows in the Lion's Den: Welcome to NACIQI
(Editor’s note: When Congress renewed the Higher Education Act last summer, lawmakers scuttled the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality...
A Dish Best Served Cold
Shakespeare wrote one of the most savage plays in the canon. Scott McLemee visits the dark side.
Let Professors Choose
As they look to cut their budgets, college administrators shouldn't impose across-the-board, one-size-fits-all solutions -- hiring freezes, salary cuts, etc. -- on their faculties, James Miller argues.
An Open Letter to President Obama
Drew A. Bennett offers the perspective of a two-year college leader on some ideas for change that wouldn't require a new stimulus bill.
The Why and How of Human Terrain Teams
Adam L. Silverman, a social science advisor to the U.S. Army program, which embeds academics with brigade combat teams, explains what he does, and why.
War in the Heavens and Here Below
A new book revisits Manicheaism. Scott McLemee takes a look at the world religion that didn't quite make it.