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Academic decision-making, however much derided, has something to teach Washington, writes Michael Fischer.

A global wave of student protests has spread over the past two years. Scott McLemee looks into a new book from the barricades.

The "eat it, it's good for you" approach to selling the humanities is failing, writes Daniel L. Everett.

Professors need to ask hard questions before they sign off on the new graduate programs colleges and universities are starting, writes Lee Skallerup Bessette.

"Can I get a job with an English degree?" The question from a student prompts Casey Wiley to think about his students' motivations, and his own.

Each year, Beloit's "Mindset List" suggests that academics will struggle to understand technologically advanced but historically ignorant freshmen. Tim Morris prepares a list that suggests it has always been this way.

A new book discusses the power and fascination of humiliation. Scott McLemee can't look away.

Pamela Bedore, Tom Deans and Thomas Lawrence Long reflect on a faculty committee that was a success without pushing for change.