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Too Much Informality
Katrina Gulliver is tired of students calling her by her first name -- and of professors who encourage the practice.
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The Perversion of Virtue
A new book looks at the twisted logic at work in a horrific crime. Scott McLemee investigates.
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Idealistic Engineers
Scott R. Hummel considers why enrollments are up in engineering -- and the kinds of students being attracted to the field.
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Father Guido Was Right
Even if students don't remember a lot of what we teach them, instructors can refine their teaching by considering what they hold on to, writes Rob Weir.
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My Yellowing Notes, My Class and Me
After 50 years of teaching, Bernard Fryshman wants us to remember the importance of what happens in the traditional college classroom.
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Customer Mentality
The idea of "students as consumers" continues to grow, and to erode key values in higher education, writes Nate Kreuter.
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Founding Fathers and Sex
Seduction, adultery, Illegitimate babies! And don't forget Ben Franklin's cross-dressing friend. Scott McLemee is shocked, shocked he tells you.