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I Am Woman. Hear Me Reason.
With apologies to Helen Reddy, Judith Shapiro questions the rationale offered by some for women's colleges to admit transgender students.
On Assessing Student Learning, Faculty Are Not the Enemy
Instead of criticizing professors as unhelpful recalcitrants, administrators should admit that assessment shapes what is taught and include the faculty as partners in creating the right kind of assessment, Jeffrey Alan Johnson argues.
What's the Academic's Role?
When Jason D. Seacat shared results of his scholarship with the popular press, he faced criticism and some soul-searching over his role as an academic researcher.
Pressed for Time
Our devices grow ever more efficient, yet our lives only more harried. Scott McLemee reviews a book on the paradox of digital temporality.
Reading, Writing, Rhetoric
Erik Esckilsen knows he can't make his students vote -- but he believes he and other professors have a responsibility to help them understand key issues that underpin the election.
Graduation Shouldn't Be Endpoint
Colleges that truly want to help first-generation students need to stay involved as they make their next transitions, write Karen Gross and Ivan Figueroa.
UNC and the Sports Media
The scandal in North Carolina is only the latest evidence of how rarely sports reporters -- who are beholden to athletics departments and coaches -- delve into the darker side of college athletics, writes Murray Sperber.
Myth of the Amateur Athlete
Defenders of college sports should stop pretending that players are amateurs and that universities don't compete for their services, John V. Lombardi argues.