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A Swift Kick for Us Humanists
Why do the scientists ask all the good, important questions? Wick Sloane wonders.
Connecting the Dots
State report on Virginia Tech massacre exposes broad failures to share information -- and the need to close the gulf in student information that separates high school from college.
Pitching Writing
Laurence Musgrove explores what's wrong with the assignments professors give their students, and how reality TV might help.
Summer Thoughts -- I
Alex Golub considers the differences between how students and professors experience summer.
Pressing On
Last week, academic publishers met to grapple with the digital age. Scott McLemee takes a look at the strategic plan.
Beyond a Sense of Place
Journals that seek international diversity on their editorial boards, writes Joseph Gelfer, should start considering the Internet a place, not just a tool.
Getting the Faculty On Board
The push for accountability won't succeed unless we can gain the support of skeptics, says Freeman A. Hrabowski III.