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Academic Jerks
A professor's reflection on personalities prevalent in academe strikes a chord with scholars.
Connection in China -- II
Rick Ostrander travels to Hangzhou and considers how he can attract students to a Christian liberal arts institution in Michigan that doesn't judge its value by U.S. News rankings.
Little Help for Low-Income Students
By providing data on colleges' "average net price," the Obama administration's College Scorecard has replaced one not-very-useful indicator (sticker price) with another, writes Abigail Seldin.
The Particle Accelerator of Learning
Peter Stokes takes a peek inside the latest laboratory spawned by MIT and Harvard -- edX, the nonprofit MOOC provider.
Affordability and Value
The current political discussion of college costs is based on flawed assumptions about the market for high quality education, writes Alison Byerly.
A New Measure of Value
Ellen McCulloch-Lovell proposes a method to track the way colleges contribute to society in ways that go far beyond the salaries of graduates.
Revolution on Stage
A long-lost play about the Haitian slave revolt is out in a scholarly edition. Scott McLemee wants tickets.
Why the NCAA Will Play On
The college sports group is "reviled and legally besieged," but after 30 years of tilting at its windmills, Murray Sperber believes it is legally and politically invulnerable.