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The Book at the End of the World

Scott McLemee reviews Timothy Beal's The Book of Revelation: A Biography.
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Voting Is Good, but Higher Ed Must Do More

Free expression, free inquiry and fact-based discussion are essential to higher education, Michael S. Roth writes, and we must actively protect them.
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Open Source as a Model for Global Education

Education leaders and their institutions should collaborate -- even with rivals, Noah Pickus and Matthew Rascoff argue.
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The Overlooked Messages of the Sokal-Squared Hoax

Few people seemed to have noticed that it was a put-down of academics concerned with racial issues, write Joel P. Christensen and Matthew A. Sears.
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America’s Fabulous Admission Contraption

The Harvard admissions case raises doubts -- well beyond the discrimination claims -- about the way elite colleges admit students, writes Edward Tenner.
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Perfectly Transparent

In the wake of the most recent effort to undermine transgender people and their rights, Scott McLemee reviews this year's books on them.
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Barring Students From Study in Israel

Recent incidents threaten international student exchange and the ability of students to engage with others about the complexities of the Middle East, write Ken Waltzer and Mark G. Yudof.
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Thanks for the Memories

As the recent Senate confirmation hearings for the U.S. Supreme Court demonstrated, yearbooks are documents that can go beyond casual nostalgia, writes John R. Thelin.