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Doolittle Don't
Amid criticism from employees, Oak Ridge National Laboratory calls off voluntary Southern accent "reduction" class.
Southern Blend
Can a group of liberal arts colleges in the South -- institutions that value personal interaction -- win over faculty on blended learning?
Opinion
'Prophets, Gurus and Pundits'
A new book argues that public intellectuals possess not just knowledge and opinions but something academics lack: style. Scott McLemee considers the rhetoric.
Inconsistent Reviews
State board orders U. of Massachusetts at Dartmouth to pay damages after finding that an Asian woman's bid for full professor status was not handled in the same way as other applications.
Within Striking Distance
New data on the 31 million Americans who attended college but failed to earn a credential, including details about 4 million who are almost there.
Clarion Call
New book argues that shared governance is under threat, along with future of American higher education, and professors must take up the fight.
Not-So-Cardinal Sin?
Senator John Walsh appears to have plagiarized final paper for master's degree. It would have been the nail in an academic's coffin, but he remains in Congress and in race for election this fall. Why?
Opinion
Close Business Schools / Save the Humanities
William Major challenges the way market economics have been used to justify priorities in higher education.