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21st Century Snake Oil?
The push for performance-based funding, built on data and other outcomes, exaggerates the likely results, Garrison Walters writes.
Scribble, Scribble
Once, it was dangerous for professors to publish too much. Scott McLemee takes a trip to Geezer Junction.
Dollars and Sense
In the midst of an economic crisis, financial literacy programs at colleges around the country are expanding.
Defining a Great University
Robert J. Sternberg, after working for more than 40 years in elite private institutions, describes how moving to a land-grant has changed his perceptions.
In Praise of the Americans
At the start of the Great Depression, a moonlighting professor described U.S. culture perfectly. Scott McLemee unearths a classic.
Foreign Language for Foreign Policy?
Russell A. Berman questions the way some defend foreign language study.
As Others See Us
Kirstin Wilcox considers whether humanities scholarship truly fits the description offered in its defense by Gregory Petsko.
Open Letter to SUNY Albany
Gregory A. Petsko writes about why he, a scientist at another university, is alarmed by planned cuts in foreign language programs.