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Gen Ed Redesigns
At the University at Buffalo and the U of Virginia, professors fear that too many requirements and not enough thought about them may detract from students' learning. Both move toward more thematic approaches to general education.
'Universities in a Dangerous World'
The biennial Scholars at Risk gathering focuses on threats to scholars and academic values globally.
Cuts Questioned at U of Chicago
Faculty members and students worry they're paying the price for construction projects amid a focus on cutting administrative costs.
Seeking Fair Faculty Pay
At many colleges, new assistant professors earn close to or even more than long timers. U of Washington is trying to do something about it -- and finding out how hard it is. Among other ideas: countering expensive retention raises with new salary steps subject to approval by one's peers.
Shakespearean Twitter War
Scholar vents "bitterly sarcastic" 500-tweet attack on another scholar's book on King Lear.
Opinion
Pretty Poison
Scott McLemee reviews a new book that examines the long literary and political history of a femme fatale that embodies two aspects of Eden: the beguiling female and the deceiving reptile, merged, literally, into one.
Anthropology Group Won't Boycott Israel
Members of the American Anthropological Association narrowly vote down a resolution to boycott Israeli academic institutions.
Opinion
Liberal Arts to the Rescue?
A new play suggests a surprising traditional route out of poverty, writes Sanford J. Ungar.
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