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Making Opportunity Real
All colleges have roles in opening higher education to disadvantaged students, write Michael S. McPherson and Morton Owen Schapiro.
A Challenge to the Forum
The elite college officials gathering at an Aspen retreat this weekend shouldn't duck the big issues, Wick Sloane says.
Using Football as Bait
Colleges that create teams to swell their male enrollments often do a disservice to the players, Gordon Marino argues.
State of the Annotation
Is marking up a book a sign of concentration, or just graffiti? Scott McLemee considers the highlights of marginalia.
Solidarity
Cary Nelson offers an inside look at the faculty strike at Eastern Michigan University.
The Standardization of College Teaching
When administrators tell professors the books they must use, Shari Wilson wonders where the faculty role is headed.
The Puzzle of Leadership
In an excerpt from his autobiography, William M. Chace discusses what it's really like as president to deal with administrators, faculty members and trustees.
Why Colleges Are So Hard to Change
Robert M. Diamond discusses the barriers facing a federal panel's effort to change higher education, and how they might be overcome.