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Computing in Color
In days of old, when students were bold, computers were both more impressive and less powerful. They also generated a...
Ask the Administrator: Escape from the Lab
A new correspondent writes: I have a PhD and am in my late forties. I have been working in a...
Pricing the Product
In recent weeks we’ve seen flurries of enthusiasm about various interrelated topics, all about money. We hear of the concern...
Discounting Our Way to Affordability?
Higher education can’t solve the problem of student access merely by having a few wealthy colleges replace grants with loans, write William Durden and Robert Massa.
Ask the Administrator: Too Many Variables
A new correspondent writes: I currently hold a BS and MA in my field and teach FT at a private...
Snow Days
Blizzards in the Northeast have forced colleges to cancel classes and given students a chance to show off their creativity.
Bag it! (or don't)
Kind of on the heels of the (no) dining hall trays idea: I just saw an item in the Sunday...
Public Intellectuals, Inc.
It's time to use the term "corporate intellectuals," writes Jeffrey R. Di Leo, to reflect the realities of the way the public engages with thinkers and their ideas.