Opinion

Americans have no monopoly on crises of national identity. Scott McLemee takes off to the Great White North....

By Scott McLemee

In an unrelated discussion with the registrar at my cc, I learned that her previous college – a respectable-but-not-elite four-year...

By Dean Dad

Devoney Looser considers what to say when your academic specialty is suddenly capturing public attention.

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Over at Bardiac's, there's a thoughtful post on the frustrations of dealing with an administration that makes every class section...

By Dean Dad

Risa Gorelick describes her nightmare upon the theft of her intellectual (and other) property.

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For some of us -- a small number -- Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano is the ultimate novel. "Lowry's book...

By UD

A few days before the start of some semesters, I suddenly realize the call to teach has left me, the...

By Oronte

A returning correspondent writes: You and your readers were very helpful in responding to my questions about how to convince...

By Dean Dad