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Fearlessly Facing the Freshman Seminar
What's it like to be a provost, about to teach freshmen for the first time? Steve Allred shares the experience.
The Bookworm Turns
Will getting an e-reader change your life? Scott McLemee takes one step forward, two steps back....
Return to the Observatory
Jeffrey Ross writes about why he took his 9-year-old son to his alma mater, and how he tried to share the liberal arts values he learned there.
Half-Truths on a J-School
The move by the U. of Colorado to replace study of journalism with study of information should concern all who care about an informed, democratic society, writes Michael Bugeja.
The Life of the Mind
As a writer and professor, Tom Moriarty "works" while he surfs online, reads books and just thinks -- though his wife is skeptical.
Setting Quality Standards in Higher Ed
Efforts to define and measure learning and other indicators of colleges' success will fall short if they occur outside the academy and ignore the faculty, A. Lee Fritschler argues.
Reaching Veterans
Colleges need a full agenda -- not just federal aid -- to serve this key population of students, writes Steven Knapp.
Solidarity vs. Contingency
The only meaningful way to help adjuncts is to grant them tenure, writes Cary Nelson. And that will require full support from those who have tenure.
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