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Time for a New Strategy
The erosion of faculty rights in Wisconsin shows that focusing on professors or academe alone won't work, and that it's time to talk about all employees and employers, writes Christopher Newfield.
Grow Your Own Plants
In an era in which real dialogue is largely displaced by enclaves of the like-minded, colleges should focus on giving students effective ways to listen, think, converse and cooperate, Ryan Hays argues.
Opinion
A Step Backward for Students
New federal rules on financial aid disbursement are supposed to protect students and save them money. In some ways it will do the opposite, writes Thomas J. Snyder.
Caricature of Campus Activism
Pundits overwhelming portray student activists as oversensitive whiners. Don't buy the hype, Michelle Minter argues: they are raising real issues on campuses.
Sense and Sensibility
Historians are recovering the sounds, smells and other sensory details of the past. Scott McLemee checks the record.
Feuding Over Digital Courseware
The debate over digital courseware's adoption suffers from oversimplification, writes Gates Bryant, who breaks down the nuances of the important discussion.
Not Reaching High Enough
Michelle Obama has campaigned to improve the college counseling students receive in high school, but too little progress has been made on providing counselors with the training they need, writes Patrick O’Connor.
Another Way Employers Can Reduce Debt Loads
Numerous companies have struck deals to help their employees attend college. Employers may help their workers more, Karen Gross argues, by paying off their existing student loan debt.