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Bad Idea About Writing: Plagiarism Deserves to Be Punished

While most believe the contrary, some people understand that plagiarism is not necessarily deceitful or deserving censure, writes Jennifer A. Mott-Smith.

Who Is Willing? Who Is Able to Pay?

Richard DiFeliciantonio considers the realities and contradictions of financial aid and admissions policy.

Ethical College Admissions: Khan Air

Jim Jump wonders why the College Board is boasting about score improvements from test prep.

The Right to Hear Controversial Ideas

An essential task of the university is to provide a space where diverse points of view can be debated, argue five Distinguished Professors at the City University of New York, who support Linda Sarsour's right to deliver next week's commencement address.

False Alarms

Bill Mahon describes a decade of inaccurate emergency communications on campuses and provides advice on how to avoid these situations going forward.

The Financier and the Professor

Leonard Cassuto writes of the person with whom he shared his high school, college and graduate school years -- and how the story of the divergent paths they later took continues to vex him.

Claiming Our Space

Deb S. Reisinger makes the case that intercultural perspectives can and should inform the teaching of academic content in many disciplines, making language study not only relevant but even indispensable.

Setting Aside Bureaucratic Requirements

W. Russell Neuman explores the impact of undergraduate foreign language requirements and finds that they seem to have little to no meaningful effect on students’ proficiency.