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Against Academic Boycotts
Faculty members should not be fooled into thinking that cutting ties to Israeli universities will help the Palestinian cause or academic freedom, writes Henry Reichman.
The Chicken or the Egghead?
Which came first, intellectual arrogance or intractably ignorant boneheadedness? Scott McLemee looks at a new book on anti-intellectualism in America.
The Real College Barrier for the Working Poor
Focusing on no-loan policies or Pell Grant rules on courseloads misses the reality about access and completion for needy students: the buying power of federal aid hasn't kept up, writes Sara Goldrick-Rab.
Questions on Performance Funding
In response to a recent essay challenging their research, authors of studies on tying state funds to outcomes defend their work and the need for rigorous evidence to support policy trends.
Confusing Signals
The debate over a popular "early warning" system -- while raising valid criticisms -- ignored the value of such systems and also the ways they need to evolve, writes Mark Milliron.
Innovation -- Doomed to Fail?
None of the heralded reforms of higher ed will succeed without faculty involvement – so let’s get serious about fixing the employment model, Adrianna Kezar writes.
Future-Focused Assessment
Measuring what students have learned and can do is hard enough, but we really should be trying to assess what our institutions have prepared them to learn later, writes Mark Salisbury.
Don’t Dismiss Performance Funding
The state budgeting strategy isn’t a panacea, but a recent study unfairly and simplistically condemns it, write Nancy Shulock and Martha Snyder.