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Not a Small World After All
MLA report shows 6.7 percent drop in language enrollments after decades of growth.
Opinion
'Lighting Up'
Smoking is cool, sophisticated, sexy and enjoyable. Plus, it can kill you. Scott McLemee looks at a study of how students try to split the difference.
Who Grades Deans?
At one university, faculty are angry that the administration dumped the popular leader of a college. At another university, faculty want more say that might allow them to dump a college's leader.
'Paying It Forward' Publishing
U. of California Press builds a new open-access publishing model around paying reviewers and subsidizing research from disciplines with less grant funding.
'The Creativity Crisis'
Author discusses new book on the flaws in American science -- and the ways that government agencies and universities support it.
Budget Building 101
A project from the Associated Colleges of the Midwest tries to bridge the divide between administration and faculty with primers on college finances.
Rate My Word Choice
When students go to popular Web site to rate professors, their word choices appear to depend on whether instructors are men or women, new analysis finds.
15K Per Course?
It's widely acknowledged that adjunct instructors are underpaid, but just how much do they deserve? A new union proposal shocks some, but others say it's appropriate.