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Don't Be Afraid to Study War

The PMLA, the publication of the Modern Language Association, the major association of professors of English, has called for papers...
Opinion

Should I Put My Students on a Melting Iceberg?

And four other questions about the community college puzzle that Wick Sloane, after 18 months in the trenches, still can’t answer.

Engaging Students as Volunteers and Voters

Colleges need to take specific steps to help students -- and society -- benefit from the interest in this year's elections, write Paul Loeb, Maureen F. Curley and Sherry Morreale.

Ig-Nobel Thoughts

Is U.S. literature too insular and media-crazed to merit notice by the Swedish Academy? Scott McLemee asks around.

The Governance We Deserve

Kristin Esterberg and John Wooding, two professors who became administrators and then returned to the faculty ranks, consider how reward structures divide these groups.

Making a Case for Diversity in STEM Fields

Science fields will lose quality if they don't attract a broader range of students, write Daryl E. Chubin and Shirley M. Malcom.

Amplified Learning

When Susan Kirschner tried an experiment so she could better hear her students, she ended up teaching them how to listen.

What Professors Want From Editors and Peer Reviewers

Responding to a journal editor's helpful essay about expectations for scholarly authors, Kevin Brown offers the flip side.