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Some Questions for Assessophiles
Alex Small takes issue with some of the approaches and aims of the assessment movement.
The Neglected Implications of Grant Culture
A requirement that research faculty members obtain grants to achieve tenure is, in some cases, patently unethical, argues Scott O. Lilienfeld.
A Mind at the End of Its Tether
Whether or not madness seems like the right word for such a state of mind, Barbara K. Lipska's The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind: My Tale of Madness and Recovery is likely to make a certain impression on the reader approaching middle age or well into it, writes Scott McLemee.
How to Avoid a Federal Investigation
Kate Kennedy highlights five assumptions that universities should question themselves about in the wake of sexual abuse charges at the University of Southern California.
How Online Can Learn From the Airline Industry
Global and regional alliances of colleges offering online programs can help higher education institutions navigate the future, Mark Lester writes.
Anti-Semitism After Charlottesville
Matthew J. Mayhew, Benjamin S. Selznick, Kevin Singer and Alyssa N. Rockenbach provide data and advice on improving attitudes toward Jewish students on college campuses.
Scholars or Spies?
Foreign agents are targeting research at American academic institutions, write Representatives Lamar Smith and Clay Higgins, and universities must take steps to guard against theft of sensitive information.
Questions Harvard Needs to Answer
Jun-Han Su and Hao Wu write that the university needs to assure Asian-American applicants that they aren't the subject of bias in the admissions process.