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Thinking for Oneself
Too much discussion of the humanities and its alleged irrelevance ignores history, writes Michael Roth.
False Dichotomy
The idea that students have a choice between learning liberal arts and learning skills that will help their careers needs to be challenged, writes Devin T. Hagerty.
Annual Veterans Count, 2013
Wick Sloane's yearly survey of how many former military service members are at the nation's elite private colleges finds, to his dismay, that the situation is actually getting worse.
Wrong Answer on Remediation
States that shut down developmental education without trying some emerging alternatives will hurt the low-income students they are claiming to help, write William Tierney and Julia Duncheon.
When a Better Ranking Is a Bad Thing
Many of the criteria of U.S. News reward philosophies that public universities should be running away from, not embracing, writes Robert J. Sternberg.
McGinn, Again
A philosopher known for scorched-earth polemics has made himself a bit more notorious. Scott McLemee considers the perils of paraphrase.
The Real Problem With the Common App
Move past the technical horror stories, writes Theodore A. O'Neill. The system is doing damage to educational values when it's working.
Don't Pay It Forward
An idea gaining support in some states has a catchy sales pitch, but is actually a bad deal for students, writes Kati Haycock.