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Blue Skies Ahead?
Historians think Hurricane Katrina may have been a turning point for America. Scott McLemee isn't swept away....
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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...
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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...
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Pricing the Product
In recent weeks we’ve seen flurries of enthusiasm about various interrelated topics, all about money. We hear of the concern...
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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.
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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...
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Snow Days
Blizzards in the Northeast have forced colleges to cancel classes and given students a chance to show off their creativity.
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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...