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Grant Panels as Prom Committees
Serving on committees that consider proposals to the National Institutes of Health leaves Felicia B. LeClere feeling confident in a crucial part of the scientific process.
Real Impact
A chancellor's death reminds Roger Epp of the in-person, community-based connections that are vital to academe.
An Evangelical Renaissance in Academe?
As a major new center for Christian thought opens, evangelical scholars should seek to exorcise the ghosts of fundamentalism, write Thomas Albert Howard and Karl Giberson.
Values and Scholarship
Eleven research university provosts explain why they back open access -- in Congressional legislation and on their campuses.
Taking Exception
American politicians love American exceptionalism -- or at least to talk about it. Scott McLemee wonders if they know the concept's odd history.
A Better Approach to 'Gainful Employment'
Bipartisan federal legislation would give taxpayers and students data about college programs' labor market returns -- without imposing onerous regulations, writes Mark Schneider.
More to Life Than AP
Colleges need to let high school students know that they value genuine experiences more than the quantity of Advanced Placement courses they take, writes Stuart Schmill.
Our Greedy Colleges 2.0
Andrew Gillen proposes some refinements to William J. Bennett's 25-year-old hypothesis tying federal financial aid to tuition increases.