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The Afterlife of the Mind
Michel Foucault made it clear that he wanted his unpublished work to stay in the archives. Scott McLemee considers how it reached escape velocity.
Dear Dean/Dear Faculty
Could that fall kickoff email really mean something? Sheldon Walcher, an associate dean, and Nicole Matos, a faculty member, try to find out.
We Look Like Professors, Too
Sara B. Pritchard, Adeline Koh and Michelle Moravec describe rationale behind new hashtag to remind the world of the diversity of faculty members.
The Dean of Sexual Assault
Lee Burdette Williams explains why the well-intended but misguided push to compel campuses to better protect victims of sexual assault helped drive her from her job.
The State of St. Bridget’s, July 2017
In a follow-up to an earlier essay, Aden Hayes offers a prescription for how one (mythical but typical) small private college got back on a sustainable path.
Motor City, Rusting
The 18th century saw the rise of a taste for crumbling architecture and beautiful ruins. Scott McLemee looks at a study of the contemporary equivalent.
Would It Be So Bad If We All Went Under?
Kate Blanchard wonders if what higher education truly needs is a fresh start -- even if that means the end of institutions that many revere.
An Ignored Conflict of Interest
Faculty members and their expertise need to be central to curricular review, but with checks and balances related to self-interests of departments, which may not reflect students' interests, write Alexandra W. Logue and Ian Shrank.