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Scholarship or Sacrilege?
The decision to honor a work in religious studies has provoked controversy. Scott McLemee meditates on the protest.
Fixing Technology Transfer
Recent debate about freeing professors to commercialize their inventions misses the mark, write Joshua Powers and Eric Campbell, who suggest rethinking the profit motive entirely.
Ranking Confession
Phil Baty, who oversees a controversial international rating of universities, admits that the process had serious flaws, but argues that rankings serve a legitimate purpose.
Translation of the Last Department Meeting
What they said, and what they really meant: David Galef channels a faculty gathering.
Chaplains to All
Rev. Liza Neal describes a different model for nurturing student spirituality in a diverse academic environment.
The American Jitters
A recent book on Depression-era culture is both lively and all too timely. Scott McLemee interviews its author.
A Better Option
State leaders in California and elsewhere are balancing their budgets by capping enrollments and raising tuition. They should increase enrollments and hold the line on fees instead, writes Arthur Hauptman.