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The Information Super-Library
California community college plans certificate curriculum combining traditional Great Books approach with electronic delivery.
The 'Black Box' of Peer Review
Countless decisions in academe are based on the quest for excellence. Which professors to hire and promote. Which grants to...
'Mission and Money' in Higher Ed
Even before the economic collapse, colleges have been going through intense debates about how they should be financed and what...
Opinion
Who Really Pays for Assessment?
A professor describes what accountability looks like on campus, and suggests that administrators or lawmakers be required -- when adopting requirements -- to estimate the hours needed.
'College Drinking: Reframing a Social Problem'
Every semester of every academic year, college campuses experience tragedies (and many more near-tragedies) involving excessive use of alcohol. A...
Writing the Book on Clickers
Author of Teaching With Classroom Response Systems discusses the way a popular technology is changing instruction.
In Whose Interest?
Scholarly groups line up against open access legislation, but anthropologists ask whether researchers' views are being represented.
Opinion
A Dish Best Served Cold
Shakespeare wrote one of the most savage plays in the canon. Scott McLemee visits the dark side.