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U of All People upgrades its methods for preparing faculty members, and David Galef is there.

Poets -- and others in the humanities -- should be wary of the National Survey of Student Engagement and other assessment tools, but should also look for ways to use them that make educational and disciplinary sense, writes Anna Leahy.

A new book chronicles the aftermath of the MLK assassination. Scott McLemee interviews the author.

Some academics and critics may sneer at Malcolm Gladwell, but Rachel Toor celebrates the New Yorker writer's love of ideas, his entertaining and inviting writing style -- and, yes, his hair.

Once at the core of their colleges, faculty members are being marginalized and increasingly ignored by their institutions and, now, by the federal government, Bernard Fryshman argues.

The stimulus package offers an opportunity to provide student aid in a way that would also generate revenue and appeal to our national roots, writes Arthur Levine.

Karen Gross explains her reasons for teaching an undergraduate course beginning this week.

As the humanities and social sciences weather the financial crisis, perhaps the moment has arrived to reconsider their public purpose, writes Gabriel Paquette.