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The Last Utopia
A new book looks at the history of the human rights movement and reaches surprising conclusions. Scott McLemee interviews the author.
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Is Fundamental Change Really 'Inevitable'?
On November 17, an article here entitled “ Is Higher Ed Ready to Change?” referred to “the embrace of the...
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A Study of Self-Plagiarism
Can scholars plagiarize themselves? Perry A. Zirkel examines one case and its implications.
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21st Century Snake Oil?
The push for performance-based funding, built on data and other outcomes, exaggerates the likely results, Garrison Walters writes.
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Scribble, Scribble
Once, it was dangerous for professors to publish too much. Scott McLemee takes a trip to Geezer Junction.
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Dollars and Sense
In the midst of an economic crisis, financial literacy programs at colleges around the country are expanding.
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Defining a Great University
Robert J. Sternberg, after working for more than 40 years in elite private institutions, describes how moving to a land-grant has changed his perceptions.