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The Costs of a Calling

The Duke Divinity email fracas shows the peril of academics viewing their work as a vocation and not a job, argues Jonathan Malesic.

Not Coddling but Learning

Why would we expect, ask John C. and Christine K. Cavanaugh, that students who have come of age surrounded by people who largely look and think as they do will be highly skilled at handling disagreeable situations?

Is Online Running Out of Steam?

Looking at supply and demand, Robert Ubell says blended delivery is the next extension in digital learning.

What Policies for Improving Graduation Rates Actually Work?

As students across the country prepare to receive their degrees, five authors explore how to increase their numbers.

Trump Has It Right

He can sometimes stumble into the correct position when trying to appease a constituency, as is the case with his approach to political speech by nonprofit groups, argues John K. Wilson.

Making Liberal Arts Angst Work for High School Applicants

Richard DiFeliciantonio offers tips for counselors.

Post-Truth and First-Year Writing

Such a class can provide a model for constructive, fact-based public discourse and stand as a model of principled resistance in a “fake news” era, argues John Duffy.

Ethical College Admissions: Questions From Vietnam

A student wonders whether an admissions service is being ethical. Jim Jump, in the debut of his column at Admissions Insider, has some doubts.