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Our Students Are Worth as Much as Yours: A Response to Brian Rosenberg
More money for publics would be counterproductive, he argues, because they don’t have enough money.
Reading Thelin’s ‘A History of American Higher Education’ as an Amateur Futurist
Why those of us who think about the future of the university don’t know enough about its past.
Academia and ‘The New Yorker,’ Some Unsurprising Similarities
Two liberal institutions that have created a labor underclass in order to keep chugging along.
The Path to Failure in Academe: A Tragedy in Multiple Acts
With tongues in cheeks, Stephen M. Gavazzi, David V. Rosowsky and Chuck Pezeshki satirically describe the steps faculty and administrators can take to realize failure on a grand scale.
24 Years of Rejected Advice
Mort Maimon recalls how, as a longtime presidential spouse, his conversations with his wife often resembled ping-pong matches.
Lost in Space
Scott McLemee reviews From Here to There: The Art and Science of Finding and Losing Our Way by Michael Bond.
Friday Fragments
GameStop, credit transfer and some welcome news on COVID.
3 Questions to Alt-Ac Vickie Cook
A conversation about roles, careers and higher ed after COVID.