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Humanities professors should not fear the measurement of learning outcomes, but should view the process as one that can help students and the academy, writes Gerald Graff.

Cannibalism and human depravity? Dante would have loved it. Scott McLemee interviews a religious scholar about our fascination with the living dead.

Recent steps to help low-income students afford summer positions are nice, says Anthony Paletta, but colleges should go further: by minimizing the value they place on internships.

Barbara Fister sees common issues -- and reasons for scholars to pay closer attention -- in the debates over Facebook privacy, Google's library project, and the relationship between academics, libraries and journals.

Andrew Ross questions the motives and assumptions behind the push by American universities to open campuses abroad.

Valentine's Day. Time to pull out your Shakespeare's Sonnets, choose one to type up in a fancy font for that...

There is more to Richard Posner's book on public intellectuals than the Top 100 list. Scott McLemee revisits it....

Michael Bugeja recalls how he learned development and offers tips for those who didn't expect that to be part of their careers.