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Teaching 'Fun Home'
Domenick Scudera has been using the novel for years in a course for all freshmen at Ursinus College. If critics would read the book, he writes, they would find a work ideal for new college students.
Developing Adjuncts
Non-tenure-track faculty members say they want more convenient, compensated professional development.
Censored Into Resignation?
Northwestern loses second faculty member over alleged censorship of a medical school journal article about a sexual encounter.
Writing Program Furor
Essay defending association is denounced as belittling diversity concerns and promoting stereotypes.
Multiple Personalities, Disorder
Researchers at Harvard U and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology find a uniquely MOOC way of cheating.
Opinion
An Error of Era?
We divide history into periods just to keep it manageable. Scott McLemee reports on a discussion of whether we're doing it right.
Not So 'Fun Home'
Duke U freshmen say a celebrated graphic novel depicting lesbian sex and relationships shouldn't have been included on their recommended summer reading list, and some won't read it.
Saida Grundy, Moving Forward
Three months after her comments on Twitter made her a target of the conservative blogosphere, she talks about that experience, race, her career and the clout (or lack thereof) of sociology.