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Staff Matters

Diverse campus administrators, not just faculty members, are integral to the overall student experience and the creation of inclusive campus environments, writes Stephanie White.
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Falling Short of Their Profession’s Needs

In recent decades, library and information studies have focused on the information that libraries provide, shortchanging other key roles they play, writes Wayne A. Wiegand.
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Our Present Business Is General Woe

William Bradley describes the lasting impact a brilliant scholar and teacher of English Renaissance literature had on him -- both in the classroom and well beyond it.
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The Question of the Tax-Exempt University

The debate over whether institutions like the University of Pennsylvania should be tax exempt focuses far more on the economic than the civic role they play, writes Matthew Fernandez.
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Across the Color Line

Scott McLemee interviews the author of a new book about the pre-eminent author and political thinker W. E. B. Du Bois, whose legacy remains highly relevant today.
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How Information Became Ideological

Matt Grossmann and David A. Hopkins explore how the conservative movement undermined trust in academe and the news media while building its own alternatives.
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Rescuing the Department in Distress

Even though academic departments are crucial for universities, Robert Weisbuch says, we have not thought enough about how to avoid dysfunctional ones.
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DeCal Debacle

A student-led course at the University of California, Berkeley, raises fundamental questions about academic freedom and pedagogical responsibility, write eight members of the Alliance for Academic Freedom.