Filter & Sort
Virtuous Arguments
The Rush Limbaugh debate and other examples of political incivility point to the need for the kind of instruction offered in many first-year writing courses, writes John Duffy.
Don't Weaken Federal Oversight
House-passed legislation to gut Education Department rules governing the credit hour and state approval will undermine consumer protection and hurt taxpayers, Rep. Tim Bishop writes.
Real Cost: Harvard vs. Cal State
F. King Alexander explains why a recent headline-grabbing news story comparing the price of two universities had it all wrong.
Our Lady of Love and Death
Driven underground by the Inquisition, a Mexican folk saint makes the 21st century her own. Scott McLemee reads up on Santa Muerte,
Step Right Up
The annual carnival -- er, meeting -- of the association of writing programs prompts Carolyn Foster Segal's musings on the state of her discipline.
Carrots for Faculty
If federal officials want a renewed emphasis on quality teaching in higher ed, they need to find a new way to reward the best thinking about pedagogy the same way they reward the best research ideas, writes Kiernan Mathews. That means real money.
Lesson From Donald Trump
An episode of "The Apprentice" prompted Christopher A. Hirschler to change the way he handles student presentations in class.
Anarchy and Commercialism
The problems facing scholarly journals extend well beyond the "publish or perish" syndrome, and grow from it, write Philip G. Altbach and Brendan Rapple.