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Ethical College Admissions: Harvard's Preferences
Jim Jump reviews a paper on how the university treats athletes, legacies and others.
Improved Grading Makes Classrooms More Equitable
While faculty members believe that their practices are fair and objective, a closer look reveals that they are anything but, argues Joe Feldman.
Reading Gibson's 'Agency' for Higher Ed Pattern Recognition
Speculative fiction and the possible futures of postsecondary education.
Equal Pay for Equal Work: Calculating 'Fair Pay' for Teaching
Introducing the Teaching Labor Wage Gap Calculator.
Censorship Through Noise
Peter Pomerantsev's This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality demonstrates that one variety of globalization is compatible with economic protectionism, cultural isolationism and an obsession with national sovereignty, Scott McLemee writes.
Advice for Writing -- and Finishing -- Your Dissertation
Bertin M. Louis offers five tips for moving past intimidation all the way to completion.
Ideals and Action
While the balance of reconciling ideals and practical action will never be fulfilled, we would do well to remember the importance of ideals in our everyday lives.