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Another View of Counselors

A recent, much-publicized report on college advice was based on out-of-date information, write Christine Ward, Tim Grothaus and Catherine Tucker.
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Soldiers in the Classroom

There's a lot of talk about returning veterans going to college, but are we really doing as much as we can for them? Mike Rose asks.
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Scholarship or Sacrilege?

The decision to honor a work in religious studies has provoked controversy. Scott McLemee meditates on the protest.
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Fixing Technology Transfer

Recent debate about freeing professors to commercialize their inventions misses the mark, write Joshua Powers and Eric Campbell, who suggest rethinking the profit motive entirely.
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Ranking Confession

Phil Baty, who oversees a controversial international rating of universities, admits that the process had serious flaws, but argues that rankings serve a legitimate purpose.
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Translation of the Last Department Meeting

What they said, and what they really meant: David Galef channels a faculty gathering.
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Chaplains to All

Rev. Liza Neal describes a different model for nurturing student spirituality in a diverse academic environment.
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The American Jitters

A recent book on Depression-era culture is both lively and all too timely. Scott McLemee interviews its author.