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'Creditocracy' in America
How much remains of democratic principles when a society is sunk in financial debt? Scott McLemee starts checking the books.
Don't Shrink
Graduate programs in the humanities should resist calls for them to admit fewer doctoral students, writes David B. Downing.
Engaging Risk
If universities and colleges seek to thrive, we must think in terms of risk, writes Paula Vene Smith. And that's a discussion for administrators and faculty members alike.
Restore the Purpose of the Common Application
Jim Wolfston says that it should focus on basic information (which should be common to all colleges) and that colleges should then design applications that reflect their values and help students express themselves.
Whose Academic Freedom Is Being Trampled?
Ashley Dawson sees danger in the way presidents -- without consulting professors -- are taking a stand against the boycott of Israeli universities.
Constructive Solutions
Turmoil in the Middle East demonstrates why American higher education should be expanding ties and exchanges with all countries in the region, writes Devorah Lieberman.
Higher Learning, Higher Ground
Does the best case for liberal arts education come from laboratory research? Scott McLemee looks into a neuroscientist's new book.
The Humanities Are an Existentialism
If we only focus on the practical skills students acquire by studying the humanities, we lose sight of their most useful value of all: to help us live meaningful lives, writes Dan Edelstein.