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The Idea of the University Today
How have institutions like the University of Oxford endured for centuries through so many dramatic changes, asks Reverend John I. Jenkins, and what might their staying power teach us now?
Scholars or Spies?
Foreign agents are targeting research at American academic institutions, write Representatives Lamar Smith and Clay Higgins, and universities must take steps to guard against theft of sensitive information.
How Online Can Learn From the Airline Industry
Global and regional alliances of colleges offering online programs can help higher education institutions navigate the future, Mark Lester writes.
Anti-Semitism After Charlottesville
Matthew J. Mayhew, Benjamin S. Selznick, Kevin Singer and Alyssa N. Rockenbach provide data and advice on improving attitudes toward Jewish students on college campuses.
How to Avoid a Federal Investigation
Kate Kennedy highlights five assumptions that universities should question themselves about in the wake of sexual abuse charges at the University of Southern California.
A Mind at the End of Its Tether
Whether or not madness seems like the right word for such a state of mind, Barbara K. Lipska's The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind: My Tale of Madness and Recovery is likely to make a certain impression on the reader approaching middle age or well into it, writes Scott McLemee.
The Neglected Implications of Grant Culture
A requirement that research faculty members obtain grants to achieve tenure is, in some cases, patently unethical, argues Scott O. Lilienfeld.
Some Questions for Assessophiles
Alex Small takes issue with some of the approaches and aims of the assessment movement.