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Frankenstein Lives!
Scott McLemee reviews some of the university press titles inspired by Mary Shelley’s classic.
Newly Tenured… at Harford CC, St. Lawrence, U New Orleans, West Liberty
Harford Community College Thomas Guinivan, chemistry Tamara Biegas, geography Miriam Huddleston, business St. Lawrence University Jeffery Frank, education Adam Harr...
Beyond Naming to Shame
Why one scientist spends hours a week putting together a spreadsheet of documented harassment findings, names and all.
How Undergrads Think About Law School
New report sheds light on what students are thinking when they consider law school.
‘Rhodes Must Fall’
Editors discuss new book about drive to remove honors for Cecil Rhodes from universities in Britain and elsewhere.
Opinion
Why Are We Still Grading?
There is absolutely no way to take a student’s work in any class and put a number or a letter to it in a way that couldn’t be done in another equally reasonable way, argues Dan Houck.
Multiple Measurements to Predict Success
Going beyond placement exams allows more community college students to take and pass gateway math and English courses, but some worry about students who need remediation.
The Right to a Recommendation?
University of Michigan professor refuses to write on behalf of student hoping to study in Israel. Are such letters a professional responsibility or subject to faculty members' political views?