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The Surprising Process of Writing

Shari Wilson wonders why some of her students improve dramatically when they must work without keyboards.
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Everything to Everyone

Tarleton Gillespie on why Google's "Book Search" project needs more than fair use.
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Why We Need the SMART Program

Sen. Bill Frist writes that colleges have nothing to fear -- and much to gain -- from the new federal scholarships to promote study of math and science.
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Stolen Words

Scott McLemee takes a look at a new journal devoted to plagiarism.
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Memo From the Chairman

Charles Miller, the head of the Education Department's higher ed commission, offers his emerging views on "accountability."
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Tenure Decision

Article about a former professor's arrest on prostitution charges inspires a poem from Will Hochman.
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An Idea Too Dangerous to Ignore

An open letter from Brian Thill to those offering to pay students to report on their UCLA professors.
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No Professor Left Behind

Colleges should resist the movement to quantify everything they do, writes Edward F. Palm, but that doesn't mean all assessment is bad.