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Michael S. Roth reflects on the questioning of liberal education in China and the United States.

By Michael S. Roth

The idea of deliberately manipulating a crisis at a flagship U.S. university via social media once sounded like a crazy conspiracy theory, writes Ellen de Graffenreid, but we now realize the extent to which it can actually happen.

By Ellen de Graffenreid

As we consider the use of technological tools in learning, let’s focus less on the what and more on the why and how, Jonathan Kaplan writes.

By Jonathan Kaplan

Mark Edmundson explores -- and applauds -- current students' quest for identity but says that achieving it is only half the game.

By Mark Edmundson

It's not easy to speak up on behalf of a colleague under face-to-face attack from students, but we must do so to defend our free speech, argues Jonathan Zimmerman.

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Jim Jump considers the questions raised when high school students and their parents don't want a college to know about a disciplinary infraction.

By Jim Jump

Scott McLemee describes a few of the ways Philippe Charlier's study of the dead, When Science Sheds Light on History: Forensic Science and Anthropology, illuminates the world of the living.

By Scott McLemee

The story behind Lawrence Bacow's selection as president of Harvard University exemplifies the transformative power of higher education, writes Ted Mitchell.

By Ted Mitchell