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'Parenting Out of Control'
Discussion of -- and complaints about -- the rise of "helicopter parents," whose involvement in their children's lives lies somewhere...
'The Lost Boys of Zeta Psi'
For people who never joined a Greek letter society, thinking about fraternities tends to evoke "Animal House," alcohol-fueled college parties...
Online Bookstore Bites the Dust
One of the most revolutionary things about the Internet is its ability to make physical distances inconsequential. But with students...
The Research Trust
Think of it as Oprah’s Book Club for scholars. Academics may cringe at the comparison, but that is essentially the...
'The Rhetoric of Remediation'
Remedial education has long been a political football on campus -- and far beyond. Universities complain that high schools are...
The Back-Up Plan
Many a successful journal article is published not in the publication where the author first submitted, but in another one...
Anthropology and Racial Politics
Anthropology may loosely be defined as the study of human culture -- but throughout the discipline's history, some cultures have...
Grad School Survival Guide
While most doctoral programs have some sort of orientation, the focus on such matters as required courses, time to degree...