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Teaching Without Textbooks
They aren't only too expensive, they are boring and your students will learn more without them, writes Rob Weir.
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Richard J. Gelles considers the rude way most college committees treat those asked to write external review letters, and offers some suggestions.
The Duke Case in Perspective
A scholar of gang rape on campuses writes that even if no assault took place, the lacrosse party is part of a disturbing pattern and the athletes aren't heroes.
Reject the 'Finish in 4' Fad
"Finish in four, I promise!" That is what Northern Arizona University is telling its incoming students. With a little better...
Motivation and Its Discontents
Will bringing in an inspirational speaker cure the faculty blues? Scott McLemee describes a skirmish in the culture wars.
Out of State Checks and Academic Credits
As the nation’s registrars gather this week in Boston, Wick Sloane applies a dash of Open Source thinking to the costly, intractable data, articulation, credit-transfer muddle in higher education.
A Time for Casting Away
As her academic career evolves, Amy L. Wink reconsiders the books she needs to have, and those she can give up.
Changing SEOG to Save It
Killing the student grant program is a bad idea, says Constantine Curris, but some criticisms of it are warranted.