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Educated Illegal Immigrants Bring Fiscal Gain
The small subsidies that Texas and other states give to undocumented students to attend public colleges more than pay off for the public, writes Ronald Trowbridge.
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Silver Linings?
Nicholas Hengen Fox analyzes the messages of hope and pride that come in job rejection letters departments send out.
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Faculty Myths About Trustees
Board members are not the bean-counting "suits" that many professors think -- and colleges must reach more mutual understanding between the two groups, Steven C. Bahls argues.
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Distracted by Activism
If faculty members in education (and many other disciplines) want to influence public policy, they have no choice but to look beyond traditional academic publishing, writes Shaun Johnson.
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Teaching Wilfred Owen to Soldiers
The students he met at Fort Benning changed the way he looks at poetry and at life choices, writes H. William Rice.
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Veterans Day 2011
Wick Sloane expands his annual survey of the enrollment of ex-military service members at elite colleges. A few pleasant surprises aside, the numbers aren't pretty.
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What Were They Thinking?
The scandal at Penn State reminds us that smart leaders, including academic administrators, are particularly susceptible to fallacies in thinking that promote foolish behavior, writes Robert J. Sternberg.
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Under the Sign of Saturn
An American historian reflects on the human condition -- and on how trying to escape it can make things worse. Scott McLemee investigates.