Filter & Sort
Opinion
A Plea for 'Close Learning'
Scott L. Newstok writes that it's time for skeptics of massive distance education to define what they value in the classroom.
Opinion
The Gender Lens
Everyone seems to have a theory as to why humanities majors are disappearing. One doctoral student thinks the trend is due to women's widening career paths. His notion is gaining traction.
Opinion
Fall Forward
Sex! Death! Race and class and politics! Scott McLemee rounds up forthcoming university press books sure to start an argument.
Opinion
Behind Closed Doors
A successful academic shares her story of being the victim of domestic abuse.
Opinion
Affirmative Action Jumps the Shark
The law and the logic on which colleges have relied are both becoming harder to defend, writes Stephen T. Asma.
Opinion
Class and Race
Whatever one thinks of current forms of affirmative action, it's time to focus more on economics, writes Matthew Gaertner.
Opinion
Creative Writing Is Not a Fast Food Nation
Five professors in the field answer criticism that they say is based on an out-of-date idea about what goes on in their classrooms.