Opinion

Looking for a brief holiday from total seriousness? Scott McLemee checks into some good destinations for a mental vacation.

By Scott McLemee

Jeffrey Berman always encourages "risky writing" by students -- and explains what happened when he shared with them the most personal of works he could have written.

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People often ask me why I serve on so many committees. I usually tell them a story about my grandfather...

By Adam Kotsko

I succumbed this week and created my own MySpace page , largely on the advice of a New York Times...

By Oronte

The liberal arts have been in crisis in American colleges and universities in one way or another throughout my academic...

By John V. Lombrdi

Shari Wilson considers what she's learned while teaching at a university and why she's happy to be moving to a community college.

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Luis M. Proenza writes that it's time to rethink the way we compare universities -- and to move beyond grant totals.

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