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Friday Fragments
The provost survey, letters of recommendation and graduation via YouTube.
Ticking Time Bombs and Eternity
Scott McLemee reviews Ron E. Hassner’s Anatomy of Torture.
Why Academics With No Time Should Read ‘8 Billion and Counting’
Demographics, institutions and long-term thinking.
Teaching Is Important?
Provosts say so, but what’s the evidence behind this belief?
The Unsustainable Rise in College Costs
How to bend the cost curve without sacrificing quality and equity.
Postpartum in the Academy, and What I’ve Learned From It
If graduate programs are the flexible experiences some people claim them to be, Victoria Delaney asks, then why was my desire for toned-down participation after childbirth so difficult?
The Transfer Process Desperately Needs Innovation
Shining light on transfer credit equivalencies.
Dodging Political Land Mines
There’s an easier way on student loans, and it could actually pass.