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Online Cheating
Robert Ubell considers how serious a problem it is and what colleges should do about it.
Mill, Mao and Socrates
Harrison Fluss and Landon Frim describe three basic styles to teaching in the current politically charged environment.
Controversial Speech in a Polarized Climate
Activism and charged debate on campuses are certainly not new, but the intensity of the vitriol we’re seeing puts institutional leaders in unfamiliar territory, writes Kevin Kruger.
Imagining the Next Generation of Humanities Research
We need systematic, coordinated institutional efforts to chart a viable future for the humanities in the 21st century, argues Robert Frodeman.
Rejecting Bigotry Is Core to Our Mission
Colleges and universities must be open to concerns and points of view from across the ideological spectrum, writes Michael Roth.
Inside the Monkey Mind
Scott McLemee reviews Monkeytalk: Inside the Worlds and Minds of Primates, which elucidates the two camps that have formed in the study of how intelligence evolved.
Hope and Denial are Not Strategies
Today a great many American colleges and universities -- ranging from those that, at least for now, seem reasonably secure...
10 Ways to Support Students Facing Immigration Crises
Anita Casavantes Bradford, Laura E. Enriquez and Susan Bibler Coutin offer advice to faculty members and administrators.