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If academics want to help the environment, they need to rethink some of their own practices, writes Eric Rauchway.

Alex Golub considers the transitions -- some not so welcome -- away from a graduate student identity, and holds on when he can.

Terry Caesar considers why some adjuncts insist on being called "professor" and why some colleges resist that appellation.

Some ideas are better in theory than practice, writes Shari Wilson, who found the much-praised approach gave students needless fears and the wrong motivations.

Gershon Legman thought sexual repression made for a mean and bitter society. Scott McLemee wonders if the culture automatically gets more pleasant when we let it all hang out.

U.S. proposals to halve the student loan interest rate and raise the maximum Pell Grant won't help those who need it most, Arthur M. Hauptman argues.

Jonathan Knight writes that it's time for Congress and professors to take on the issue of visa denials to academics.

When there are sound reasons, college presidents can eliminate football, writes Maravene Loeschke, who explains how and why she did so.