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Algorithm of a Salesman
A straightforward problem in mathematics remains unsolved, even with a $1 million prize for whoever solves it. Scott McLemee thinks attention must be paid.
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The Prison-House of Data
The field of digital humanities is limited and marginalized by the perception that it's simply about data, Noah Wardrip-Fruin writes.
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Hurting His Own Case
Rick Santorum's critiques aren't helpful to the conservative academics he says need support, writes one of them, Matthew Woessner.
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Virtuous Arguments
The Rush Limbaugh debate and other examples of political incivility point to the need for the kind of instruction offered in many first-year writing courses, writes John Duffy.
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Don't Weaken Federal Oversight
House-passed legislation to gut Education Department rules governing the credit hour and state approval will undermine consumer protection and hurt taxpayers, Rep. Tim Bishop writes.
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Real Cost: Harvard vs. Cal State
F. King Alexander explains why a recent headline-grabbing news story comparing the price of two universities had it all wrong.
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Our Lady of Love and Death
Driven underground by the Inquisition, a Mexican folk saint makes the 21st century her own. Scott McLemee reads up on Santa Muerte,
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Step Right Up
The annual carnival -- er, meeting -- of the association of writing programs prompts Carolyn Foster Segal's musings on the state of her discipline.