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Theory in Revolt Now Thunders

Reading "Theses on Theory and History" -- a manifesto decrying the state of history as a discipline -- left Scott McLemee feeling, in Yogi Berra's haunting words, "déjà vu all over again."
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Reject the Con: Education Is Infrastructure

When public institutions are subsumed by private interests, we all get fleeced.
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Friday Fragments

Debt forgiveness, a varsity letter and Joan Jett.
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On Searching for Campus Novels and Disliking "Lucky Jim”

With a list of other academic novels, and a request for your recommendations.
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Faking It

Acting excited about your degree, even when you aren't always feeling it.
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International Graduate Students: Possible Challenges for Global Academic Science

Should the conditions for international science continue to deteriorate in the United States, the effects will extend beyond America's borders.
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Learning from the Best

Taking students seriously. Taking poverty seriously.
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Learning From the Success of LeBron James

Academics can learn from the basketball superstar, writes Belinda Wheeler.