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Announcing: Radio Free AWP
Please plan to tune in here February 2nd to the 5th for a series of podcasts on literary topics by...
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The Bias of Background Checks
Colleges can and should refrain from investigating applicants’ criminal pasts, writes Marsha Weissman.
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For Many, College Isn't Worth It
In this space last Friday, Anthony Carnevale strongly and lengthily argued that “college is still worth it.” He implicitly criticized...
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Snow Day Dominoes
We’ve had a few snow days over the past couple of weeks, and it looks like we may get some...
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How I Think About E-Books
"……the under 30 crowd? They are nearly as skeptical as their grandparents, with 58% saying they had no interest in...
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Stop Thinking You're the Smartest Person in the Room
From the archives - this post was originally published at http://uvenus.org on 3.01.2010. I’m in the unenviable position of preparing...
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Long Distance Mom: Speed Trap
The holiday vacation is for me, as for many academics, a time when I complete much-needed fieldwork for projects; in...
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Last things first
An article in the current (February) issue of Dwell magazine tells of a married couple in the Netherlands -- designers...