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Defining Academic Vision

Roger Brooks considers how to define his philosophy as an academic administrator.

The Geography of Educational Segregation

Thurston Domina explains why state discussions of brain drains miss the fundamental importance of demographic trends.

Giving 'Prior Learning' Its Due

Higher education is still the route to gaining credentials for having acquired new skills and knowledge. But sometimes college-level skills...

Chaos Theory

Thank goodness national Get Organized Month is half over. Scott McLemee takes a look at a new book on the uses of disorder.

A Professional Development Bill of Rights

It's time for both departments and professors to be serious about nurturing faculty careers, write Michael Bugeja and Lee Wilkins.

Sorting Through the Critiques

John B. Simpson reflects on what's valid and what's oversimplified in a year of reports criticizing higher education.

So ... What Do You Study?

Shifting from graduate student to professor, Alex Golub thinks about how one answers a common academic question.

Research Competition and the MLA

The language group’s report on tenure calls for expanding definition of scholarship, but fails to recognize the common expectations that reinforce the status quo, John V. Lombardi writes.