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Against Endorsing the Chicago Principles
Their main shortcoming is in the false assurance they offer colleges and universities, argues Sigal Ben-Porath.
Slight Dip in Ph.D.s Conferred
Are numbers of doctorates awarded finally starting to reflect the poor academic job market? New data show decline in nonscience and engineering degrees. Women continue to make gains.
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When College Degrees Impede Opportunity
College credentialing and degree inflation tend to serve the needs of employers, not students, write Frederick M. Hess and Grant Addison.
An Anti-Union (Liberal) College?
Grinnell is attempting to break up the newly minted bargaining unit that represents all student workers.
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Against the New Normal
In advance of International Human Rights Day, Scott McLemee reviews Authoritarianism: Three Inquiries in Critical Theory, by Wendy Brown, Peter E. Gordon and Max Pensky.
At Williams, a Play in Part About Race Called Off Before Opening Night
In wake of tensions, Shayok Misha Chowdhury, a visiting professor and director of Beast Thing, will no longer seek a tenure-track position at the college.
Agile Teaching
"Agile Teaching" is Inside Higher Ed's new curated collection of articles. The booklet, the latest in a series of free...
A Very Mixed Record on Grad Student Mental Health
New studies find variation by departments, with many findings of significant rates of depression and anxiety.