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Should We Challenge Student Beliefs?

Peter Boghossian explains why he sought to disabuse a student of her Creationist views -- and why professors must challenge assumptions with facts.

Perspective in Math and Art

Teaching students about drawing changes their ideas about what they see and about right answers, writes Annalisa Crannell.

The Branch Campus Bubble?

The outposts being created around the world are vulnerable in many ways, writes Philip G. Altbach.

The Inevitable Change Ahead

In an excerpt from their new book, Clayton Christensen and Henry Eyring describe why universities are at great risk, but also poised for an innovation-fueled renaissance.

It's a Jersey Thing

No one would think of the call for papers as a literary genre. But the CFP can be distinguished from...

What Global Rankings Ignore

Countries value universities that promote economic growth, but those who conduct international ratings are oblivious, writes Indira Samarasekera.

Targeting, or Serving, Needy Students?

Policy makers often talk about community colleges "serving" low-income students. For-profit colleges do that, too, writes Arthur Keiser.

The Re-Assassination of Leon Trotsky

Every so often, one scholar will assess another’s book so harshly that it becomes legendary. The most durable example must...