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The Flawed Metaphor of the Spellings Summit

Manufacturing is not the model for higher education, writes Daniel F. Chambliss, and that's why the education secretary's conclave was based on faulty assumptions.

Hard Wordes in Plaine English

The first English dictionary was published long before Samuel Johnson. Scott McLemee consults the first reprint in 400 years.

The Brave New World of MySpace and Facebook

Social networking sites pose risks for students and challenges for colleges that try to monitor them, write Sheldon Steinbach and Lynn Deavers.

Rising Up Against Rankings

Think it's impossible for educators to fight a popular magazine's irresponsible rating system? Look north, and you'll see it can be done, writes Indira Samarasekera.

Beatles vs. Stones

Laurence Musgrove considers the role of music in the writing process.

Libraries at the Cutting Edge

Far from disappearing in the Age of Google, academic and research libraries remain an integral part of students’ college educations, says Pamela Snelson.

College for Whom?

Alan Contreras asks: How should a civilized society ensure that college-able young people are not thrown away because they are poor?

Indies Under Fire

The Borders bookstore chain is "right-sizing." Scott McLemee takes a look at a new documentary about the company's effects on the culture.