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Reassessing a Redesign of Community Colleges

A prominent book championing the pathways approach to student completion at community colleges understates the deep resistance and possible unintended consequences such a restructuring could trigger, writes Mike Rose.

Notable History

A fascinating new paper sheds light on how note keeping was once central to the pedagogical experience, deeply embedded in the whole social system of academe, writes Scott McLemee.

A Controversial 25 Seconds

The reactionary responses to use of Spanish language at a recent commencement ceremony demonstrate the limits of institutional diversity rhetoric, argue Christina M. Ceisel and Vanessa Díaz.

The Brexit Challenge to Universities

The U.K.'s referendum on exiting the E.U. has the potential to significantly slow the growth of higher education at home and abroad, argues Christopher R. Marsicano.

The Die-Hard University

Despite its critics now and over the ages, the university has somehow endured into its ninth century, writes James Axtell.

Dancing as Queer Resistance

In the wake of the Orlando shootings, Lauron Kehrer, a white queer woman scholar, describes how dancing can be a way to shed the stress that accumulates from moving through a world that seems far from safe.

Responses, Nonresponses and Lingering Questions

The tragedy in Orlando calls on those of us in higher education to consider how to confront violence and inequity and support people traumatized by continuing oppression, writes Stephanie Bondi.

The Two Kinds of PC

One keeps us from demeaning others while the other inhibits dialogue by imposing liberal political orthodoxies, argues Jonathan Zimmerman.