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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.
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In Praise of the Americans

At the start of the Great Depression, a moonlighting professor described U.S. culture perfectly. Scott McLemee unearths a classic.
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As Others See Us

Kirstin Wilcox considers whether humanities scholarship truly fits the description offered in its defense by Gregory Petsko.
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Foreign Language for Foreign Policy?

Russell A. Berman questions the way some defend foreign language study.