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Fixing the Broken Financing Model

State colleges need a new approach to fund their operations. Public service corporations are one solution, Darryl Greer and Michael Klein argue.

The N-Word

The adjunct fired by Towson U. last week may have been clumsy and inexact in his language, but the university had no business firing him, writes Cary Nelson.

Can You Explain IT to Your Mom?

Here’s an interesting challenge for many of us who work in and around technology: can you explain your job –...

Academic Identity Crises: Who is a Professor? What is an Administrator?

The two most misused nouns in the American academy are “Professor” and “administration.” In a recent New York Times piece...

Opposition to Affirmative Action

Twice in the last year, I’ve heard some statements on campus against affirmative action that have helped me understand some...

Book Futures: A Crowdsourced Thought Experiment

Last week, I was involved in a virtual summit on e-books to which I was probably invited to serve as...

5 Concise Reasons to Read Robert Reich's 'Afterschock'

I love short books. Can you recommend any good, but concise, nonfiction? Great reads under 200 pages? Here are my...

Civil Engineering yes; Tea no

Though it is difficult to demonstrate, even in the era of outcomes assessment, we all strive to provide an education...