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Not an Isolated Incident
Recent controversy over email from Duke professor about Chinese students speaking Chinese in lounges reflects larger tensions in academe, experts say.
Opinion
What I Learned From a Teaching Award
Thomas Hallock describes four insights he gained as both a recipient and a judge.
Opinion
A President’s Renewed Respect for Tenure
Daniele Struppa’s years as a dean tested his support, but tenure’s protection of unpopular faculty views is essential in times like these, he writes.
Hampshire Won't Admit More Students
But college will enroll those who were admitted early decision or were admitted a year ago and deferred enrolling.
‘The Record of Everything You’ve Forgotten’?
New efforts on campus focus on ways to capture what students learn outside class -- and how to communicate it to employers.
Under Fire for Comments on White People
U of Georgia Ph.D. candidate in philosophy says he's under investigation for his comments about race -- now that donors are involved in the debate.
Too Taboo for Class?
Professor is suspended for using the N-word in class. He was discussing language in a James Baldwin essay. Given the slur's potential to throw learning off course, is it ever worth using in the classroom -- if it ever was?
Opinion
Approaching ‘Entropy’
Scott McLemee reviews Eric Johnson's Anxiety and the Equation: Understanding Boltzmann's Entropy.