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‘Why They Can’t Write’
Author discusses his new book about “killing the five-paragraph essay” and other ways schools and colleges could do a better job of teaching writing.
The Dismal (and Too Elitist?) Science
Economists and discipline's main association face criticism that the field's power centers are a small number of top departments. Grad students, meanwhile, push for standards of conduct.
Patterns of Student Protest
College leaders often aren't the top hindrance to campus protests that have proliferated in recent years -- holiday breaks, finals week and graduation tend to be the biggest challenge for student activists.
Opinion
Casting Public Imagination for the Evolving Major
A decline in the English major is a crisis not of marketing but rather of public imagination, argues Jennifer Clifton.
Opinion
The Health of the English Major
Kent Cartwright examines some of the strengths and weaknesses of the English major and reports that the news is not all bad.
The In-and-Out List
A look at what happened in 2018 and what’s to come in 2019 with Inside Higher Ed’s seventh annual in-and-out list.
Opinion
An Ode to Teacherless Writing Classes
An uncredentialed writing instructor, Gizem Karaali, shares some effective tools learned through trial and error.
Collegiality Concerns
After controversies involving two professors, Fresno State wants its "community" to be "respectful," "kind" and accountable. Many faculty members are on board, and university says principles won't be enforced. Others are skeptical.