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Give the Money Back
The UNCF should not be taking $25 million from the Koch brothers, writes Marybeth Gasman.
Building Better Futures
Brian K. Bridges writes that the UNCF's goal of helping students at historically black colleges requires a focus on the value of philanthropy, not the politics of the donor.
Buy the Batch
An ebook series puts old scholarly papers in front of new readers. Scott McLemee thinks it's a model worth emulating.
Regulate, Don't Litigate, Change in College Sports
Antitrust lawsuits could force major (and much-needed) change in commercialized college sports -- but some of the results would be bad for athletes, write Matt Mitten and Steve Ross. Congress should step in instead.
The Threat to the NCAA
A year after predicting that big-time college sports is invulnerable to legal challenges, Murray Sperber changes his mind.
Reform Intro Economics
We can't teach everything, but we can try to engage more students, and a more diverse student body, writes Clark G. Ross.
The Classroom as Arcade
The lure of the laptop is too much for many students, and university culture needs to celebrate the embodied nature of the classroom and turn off technology, Mary Flanagan argues.
Winning Combination for Whom?
Higher-income students benefit most from the extracurricular student engagements a recent Gallup-Purdue study identified, writes Lauren Schudde.