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Three Cheers!
An event honoring an exemplary American public intellectual is the hottest ticket in town. Scott McLemee reports on Scialabba-palooza.
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Teach the Ideals!
Students need to grapple with timeless questions and truly consider the possibilities of life, writes Mark Edmundson.
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The Student's Dilemma
Lanny Arvan shares the lessons he picked up from intense discussions with three international students.
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New and Improved Writing in Your Underwear
Brian Goedde explains how he came to embrace online learning for a form of teaching known for its in-person experience.
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The Atrocity Exhibition
All too familiar: a disturbed loner wins posthumous recognition by mixing mass murder and mass media. Scott McLemee consults an Italian theorist's reflections on the problem.
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Redecorating the Presidential Mansion, Er, House
Garrison Walters offers colleges and their leaders some things to think about as they weigh presidential perks. To wit, rationalization is the road to ruin, and if you really want art, buy it yourself. You can afford it.
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A Work in Progress
K. Jamie Rogers says critics have misunderstood proposed changes in engineering accrediting standards, and that the possible shifts are still being modified.