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Why Have Children?
Procreation is a choice -- but is it a good one? Scott McLemee considers a philosopher's take on the question.
Failure to Change
Robert J. Sternberg considers why many colleges are unable to carry out plans for meaningful improvements of their institutions.
Humanities and Public Life
Teresa Mangum explains how a new book series aims to promote a broader sense of the mission of academic work.
Why Research Universities Must Change
Government disinvestment is hurting the country's research institutions. But new public spending on higher education is unlikely if we do not take undergraduate learning more seriously, Hunter Rawlings writes.
Justice Kennedy's Do-Over
Aaron N. Taylor writes that defenders of affirmative action may have a tougher time swaying the Supreme Court this year than they did in 2003.
Stop Cultural Vandalism
One of the great public research libraries is relocating part of its collection to give the public more Internet access. Scott McLemee wants to make some noise.
So My Students Can Eat
Wick Sloane, tired of having his community college students cry from hunger in his office, proposes the 2012 Federal Study-Work Act.
Faith and the Secular
Spirituality at nonreligious liberal arts colleges is everywhere, even when the days of mandatory chapel are long gone, writes Susan A. Minasian.