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'The Closing of the American Mind,' 20 Years Later
“HITS WITH THE APPROXIMATE FORCE AND EFFECT OF ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY” raved Roger Kimball’s review in The New York Times, as...
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Churm House, Part 5
My wife and I have opened part of our home as an inn for wayward academics. Earlier posts on this...
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Credits Where They're Due
According to this article (and check out the comments!), the governor of New Jersey just signed a law mandating that...
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Humanities Faculty For Hire!
Anyone looking for an Information Obfuscator, Lunchtime Banterer, or Marxist Turncoat? It's high time for humanists to market their underappreciated skills to the private sector, Kerry Soper argues.
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Churm House, Part 4
My wife and I are opening part of our home as an inn for wayward academics, to help make ends...
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Debat and Poshard and Drake
Messrs. Debat and Poshard and Drake Have jolted the ed-world awake: Poshard steals words, The chancellor's absurd, And Debat's an...
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Ronald Reagan vs. the University Press
The late president's legacy left an unfortunate legacy for academic publishing -- one that needs to be challenged, writes James F. Reische.
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Ancillary Jobs
Amy L. Wink considers the difference between "real" and not so real work, from the perspective of an adjunct with both kinds of experiences.