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Death Valley

Although the very thought of it makes some academics blanch, I'm beginning to think that "evidence-based management" could be really...
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Well, That Explains a Lot...

In the context of discussing ways to encourage her colleagues to try to reach students at different levels of demonstrated...
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Talking to Himself

The oral historian Studs Terkel now tells his life's story. Scott McLemee listens to a puzzling silence in the tale.
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Outcomes Assessment: No Gain, All Pain

The push to measure student learning is portrayed as benefiting students, but it will hurt, not help, them, writes Bernard Fryshman.
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The Future of the Contingent Faculty Movement

Keith Hoeller writes that a review of the history of the push for adjunct equity suggests that it's time for some strategy adjustments.
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Napster University?

According to IHE, the latest proposed extension of the Higher Education Act contains, among other things, a provision requiring that...
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Bow Tie v. Hipster

Norman Mailer's death has brought out the bow ties, the tightly-wound and the closely-cropped, for whom the only noteworthy thing...
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The Lasting Impact of a Departmental Secretary

Paula M. Krebs considers how a woman educated professors about issues of class and power -- while helping all who relied on her.