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The Emotional Costs of Student Success
Andrew Joseph Pegoda wonders about the unintended messages and pressure created by the current emphasis at many colleges.
Tintinnabulation, Nevermore!
He's a canonical figure in American literature, but Edgar Allan Poe's verse has always had its detractors. Scott McLemee considers a quaint and curious volume in his defense.
Time to Check Your GPS
Colleges need to recognize that recruiting international students by itself does not create a globally connected campus, writes Patti McGill Peterson.
How Not to Defend the Liberal Arts
Making a scapegoat of critical theory won't help anyone and distorts the real challenges facing academe, writes Paul Jay.
What to Do About Football?
The U. of North Carolina academic scandal is only the latest evidence of the need to distance big-time college football from the academic enterprise it corrupts, Robert Atwell argues.
How to Treat Adjuncts
Patrick Iber, working off the tenure track, considers the basics on how those who have tenure-track security should treat those who don't.
Affirmative Consent, the New Standard
California's new law -- likely to be followed by others -- poses challenges to campus administrators trying to judge whether sexual violence has occurred, writes Christine Helwick.
The Law and Gay Rights
Given chance to consider bans on same-sex marriage in five states, the Supreme Court refused. Scott McLemee looks at a book on the long backstory.