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Afterglow From the MLA
Maria Shine Stewart, a first timer at the annual gathering of literature and language instructors, will be paying off the trip for a while. But it was well worth it for the content and camaraderie, she writes.
Course Evaluations, Years Later
Professors may get much better feedback by waiting a while -- and then asking students to reflect on what stayed with them, writes Tom Deans.
In the American Grain
Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States, died last week. Scott McLemee salutes a voice of dissent.
The Good Reader
Unlike many other, less famous writers, Howard Zinn treated a young editorial assistant like a person. Rachel Toor remembers him fondly.
A Dish Best Served Cold
An alumnus with a grudge wreaks havoc by requiring a college to tenure its food service workers. Lee Williams surveys the carnage.
Defining Moral Education
Elizabeth Kiss and J. Peter Euben consider why and how colleges engage in a crucial form of instruction.
My Book, My Dreams
What happens when you pour all your effort into a work -- and hardly anyone seems to notice the result?
Opinion
Make Maintenance of Effort Permanent
Congress should regularly require states to maintain their spending on higher education, F. King Alexander argues.