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Define 'Frill' and Use it in a Sentence
Your “frill” is not my “frill. “ My frill, in fact, is an essential component of the work I do...
Decline of the West
Cornel West's latest book is a memoir. Scott McLemee thinks it marks the end of the line.
Overlapping Crises
Jamshed Bharucha considers the differing challenges facing higher education in India and the United States.
'The Cusp of Every Bibliomaniac's Dream'
It is possible that I have too many books. There, I said it. (That felt weird.) Heading off to visit...
Assessing NSSE
The survey of student engagement has been widely embraced as an accountability tool. But it's flawed as a measure of campus learning, Mark Schneider writes, and even weaker when used for comparing colleges.
(Skilled) Self-Presentation
Timothy Burke wonders whether students -- despite all the speaking they do in college -- learn how to talk about themselves and their ideas.
A Defense of the Lecture
Adam Kotsko questions the idea that small discussion-based courses are the ideal form of undergraduate education.