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A Moderate MLA
The Modern Language Association frequently helps out its critics with provocative session titles and left-leaning political stands offered by its...
How to Tell Whether Writing Instruction Works
At MLA meeting, programs' directors see shift away from theory and toward concrete efforts to measure their efforts and figure out if they are effective.
(Alleged) Crime and (Delayed) Punishment?
St. Louis Community College fires a music professor accused of sexually abusing a former high school student of his in the 1990s.
New Collaboration for Scholarly Publishing
Grant allows 5 presses to set up joint operations for copy editing, design, layout and typesetting -- creating savings that will allow release of more books.
Federal Budget Blahs
Higher education's hopefulness for new influx of funds fades as Congress cedes to President Bush's wishes, passing spending bill that pulls many programs below 2007 levels.
The Identity Studies for Everyone
More literary and cultural studies scholars focus on age and the way generations are defined -- and consider why such issues have largely been ignored.
Fear Factor
In wake of high-profile murders at Louisiana State, experts consider the impact on conceptions of U.S. campus safety among prospective international students.