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Bias Against Female Instructors
New analysis offers more evidence against the reliability of student evaluations of teaching, at least for their use in personnel decisions.
Confronting the Past
Historians debate the value and place for Confederate monuments, memorials and other symbols.
Open Access at Both Ends
Dozens of liberal arts colleges come together to form Lever Press, a book publishing imprint that promises to be open access for both authors and readers.
Community College Classrooms as 'Democratic Vistas'
At MLA meeting, instructors share philosophy behind their work -- and the practical challenges for new Ph.D.s who might not have a clue about teaching at an open admissions institution.
Opinion
Procrastination-Proofing Students
The more we understand procrastination and think it through with our students, write Steven J. Corbett and Michelle LaFrance, the more we can help them build lifelong habits that allow them to be successful.
'Physics Envy'
Author discusses new book about poetry and science during the Cold War.
Military History: By Whom, for Whom?
Historians' panel centers on what it takes to write good military history. Hint -- it's not brass.
'Manifesto for the Humanities'
Author of new book explains a path forward -- in large part through changes in doctoral education -- for disciplines whose scholars feel under siege.