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Posterity Applies a Disinfectant

Scott McLemee on a surprising aspect of Amy Werbel's Lust on Trial: Censorship and the Rise of American Obscenity in the Age of Anthony Comstock.

I am the Very Model of a Pundit Academical

Miriam Elizabeth Burstein offers a Gilbert and Sullivan take on academe.

Giving a Voice to Thoughts

A new technology tool from MIT enables silent communication between human and computer. Ray Schroeder looks ahead to potential implications for teaching and learning.

In Praise of Prickly Women

Despite the negative connotations they incite, they have exactly the kind of insight and persistence that higher ed needs today, argue M. Soledad Caballero and Aimee Knupsky.

Tom Wolfe and College Sex

Jonathan Zimmerman considers the late writer's fiction and nonfiction on the subject.

Ethical College Admissions: The Demise of Access

A new report leaves Jim Jump wondering if low-income students can still find the money to pay for public higher education.

Let's End Commencement

If nothing else, we should offer a deeper and more meaningful connection to our institutions than sitting for hours in a sports arena, waiting to hear one's name called, argues Jonathan Beecher Field.

The Value of Testing in Graduate Admissions

Doctoral admissions needs reform, but not the end of testing, writes David G. Payne.