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In Defense of the Monkey Mind
A new book challenges the idea that wandering attention is a flaw in our mental machinery. Scott McLemee tries to go with the author's flow.
Unintended Consequences
Legislation designed to protect student privacy could make it more difficult for colleges to identify disadvantaged students who can succeed in higher education, writes Jim Larimore.
After the Cameras Leave
Freeman A. Hrabowski III writes about the responsibilities for higher education that are raised by the recent riots in Baltimore and the problems facing many impoverished urban areas.
A Conference Manifesto for the Rest of Us
Responding to a recent critique, three humanists argue that academic meetings, done right, can spur collaboration and add value for participants, for the humanities, and for higher education and beyond.
The Guilt of Summer School
Ulf Kirchdorfer explains why he -- like most of the world, but unlike many other professors -- works during the summer.
Being Gladwelled
Jessica Wells Cantiello wonders if she should encourage students to write in the compelling, but manipulating, style of a certain New Yorker writer.
Education's Moment of Truth
The increasing availability of data about the learning process can help professors better understand how they can help students, Fred Singer writes.
Frye Revived
The pre-eminent literary theorist of the 1960s and '70s went out fashion -- yet never really went away. Scott McLemee looks into the afterlife of an original.