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That's Not My Department
Judith Shapiro considers whether it is time for faculty members to focus on their colleges and universities more than on their disciplines and organizational units.
Going Off the Map
A historian's travels can contribute more to her work than archival sources. Scott McLemee reads Dispatches From Dystopia.
Academic Freedom and Dr. Oz
It doesn't matter how wrong the television host is on important issues, writes John K. Wilson. He shouldn't lose a faculty job over public statements.
The Coaching Transformation
Shifting from being a professor to a coach in a competency-based program isn't easy, write Christine Seifert and Richard Chapman, but it pays off for both students and instructors.
Accreditation Under Fire
As proposals fly to "fix" higher education's system of quality control, Bernard Fryshman explains its virtues and urges caution in abandoning it.
Birds of a Feather
In honor of National Poetry Month, Carolyn Foster Segal recounts a reading to which precious few verse lovers flocked.
Dear "Student-Athlete"
G. Thomas Couser has had some good encounters with athletes in his classes. But in a letter to one, he laments what the player has lost by being coddled and not caring.
Decline of the West II: The Dysoning
A prominent African-American professor unleashes a sharp attack on his mentor. Scott McLemee hears echoes amid the buzz.