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Behind Closed Doors

A successful academic shares her story of being the victim of domestic abuse.

Affirmative Action Jumps the Shark

The law and the logic on which colleges have relied are both becoming harder to defend, writes Stephen T. Asma.

Class and Race

Whatever one thinks of current forms of affirmative action, it's time to focus more on economics, writes Matthew Gaertner.

Creative Writing Is Not a Fast Food Nation

Five professors in the field answer criticism that they say is based on an out-of-date idea about what goes on in their classrooms.

Sneak Previews

What's coming from university presses in the months ahead? Scott McLemee begins a survey of the fall and winter crop.

Does History Matter?

The Supreme Court's decision on gay marriage illustrates the discipline's centrality to understanding of crucial issues today, writes Steven Mintz.

Innovation Exhaustion and a Path to Moving Forward

MOOCs, competency-based education and other reforms are worthy ideas, writes Dan Greenstein. But in the chase for the next big thing, some have forgotten the goal of improving higher education, not just making it more efficient.

What Is College For?

Powerful forces threaten to re-order higher education. Predictions of massive destruction are overstated, but the coming storm will force colleges to figure out what they want to do, writes Dan Currell.