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Among the Majority
Michael Bérubé reflects on the first national meeting of an organization fighting for academics off the tenure track.
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The Admiring Ignorant
William Bradley considers how students treat professors these days, and how he treated the professors he revered in college.
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Dear President Obama …
While the administration should be praised for focusing on rising tuition rates, it needs to craft its policies with care, writes Robert J. Sternberg.
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Office Mix Up
It's time for colleges to stop organizing faculty offices by discipline, writes Peter A. Coclanis.
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Judging Patron Saints
When a key figure in a university's history has a contested history, how should the institution respond? asks Kenneth P. Ruscio.
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Gender: M/F/It's Complicated
"The Lives of Transgender People" presents the findings from a 3500-person survey. Scott McLemee takes a walk on the wild side.
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Redoing Pell
Arthur Hauptman proposes a reset for the U.S. government's main financial aid program, to restore it to its initial purpose of assuring the neediest students that they will have funds for college.
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The Forgotten Middle Class
With Pell Grants no longer keeping up with students' need, the federal government should end its tuition tax credit and use the savings to increase Pell awards, Hamid Shirvani writes.