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Susan Herbst considers the state of research on public opinion and how to apply it to figure out campus opinion.

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Craig Stark is proud of sharing difficult realities with freshmen. He wonders why he struggles to be frank with seniors about what they will face after graduation.

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Missing from the debate over governance in Wisconsin and elsewhere is an important fact, writes Daniel J. Julius: The relationship between flagships and states has never been set in stone.

By Daniel J. Julius

In an excerpt from his new book on MIT, Samuel Jay Keyser talks about why commissions and task forces may be ignored, but certain events can lead to real change at a university.

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It's been almost twenty years since the death of an American intellectual maverick. But Scott McLemee finds there is plenty of life left in his work.

By Scott McLemee

Decades after an action in class he regretted instantly, Lauren Soth meets the student he embarrassed.

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Pete Mackey considers why campuses -- and their diverse constituencies -- react to different speakers in different ways.

By Pete Mackey

Commencement is supposed to be students' crowning achievement. So how come so few professors bother to see their students off? David Galef asks.

By David Galef