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Using Football as Bait

Colleges that create teams to swell their male enrollments often do a disservice to the players, Gordon Marino argues.

State of the Annotation

Is marking up a book a sign of concentration, or just graffiti? Scott McLemee considers the highlights of marginalia.

Solidarity

Cary Nelson offers an inside look at the faculty strike at Eastern Michigan University.

The Standardization of College Teaching

When administrators tell professors the books they must use, Shari Wilson wonders where the faculty role is headed.

The Puzzle of Leadership

In an excerpt from his autobiography, William M. Chace discusses what it's really like as president to deal with administrators, faculty members and trustees.

Why Colleges Are So Hard to Change

Robert M. Diamond discusses the barriers facing a federal panel's effort to change higher education, and how they might be overcome.

Still Waiting to Be Consulted

Fleur LaDouleur considers the demise of Pluto and why humanitists weren't in on the big decision.

All Plots Move Deathward

Perhaps 9/11 might have been prevented, but not the conspiracy theories about it. Scott McLemee tries on a shiny new tinfoil hat.