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That Book Place
Build an old-fashioned bookstore, if you have money to burn -- or consider the new model instead. Scott McLemee looks at the blueprints.
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Infidelity in the Library
Michael English worries that, as a librarian, he is losing touch with books.
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Parting Is Not Sweet Sorrow
Incompetent administrators can force professors to leave good positions, and that's part of why genuine faculty rights are so important, writes Cary Nelson.
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Why the Right Hates English
The conservative critique is about challenging the professional role of professors, writes Stephen J. Mexal.
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Going, Going, Gone
They're dropping like flies at U of All People, and David Galef reports on the retirement party rituals.
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Fool for Higher Education
Government-subsidized loans are feeding students' debt and colleges' tuition increases. When will taxpayers and politicians decide that enough's enough? asks Thomas Lindsay.
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Ride a Pale Horse
It infected a third of the world's population and killed tens of millions. Scott McLemee reads a new book recalling the influenza pandemic of 1918.
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Campus and Camp
For better or worse, a select group of students and parents get a dress rehearsal for the college search process in the American ritual of sending a child to summer camp, writes John Thelin.