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Humane Studies
The eminent New Yorker writer Joseph Mitchell profiled the greatest anthropologist in the world -- and his fans somehow forgot about it for decades. Scott McLemee reports from the scene of the excavation.
In Praise of ‘B’ Journals
Academic publishing is becoming more about establishing a pecking order and less about pursuing knowledge, argues Andrew J. Hoffman.
Can We Afford Free Textbooks?
When it comes to student success, “new” open resources ultimately do little more than further entrench an ineffective status quo, argues Robert S. Feldman.
When Students Self-Segregate
Should we intervene, a faculty member asks, when students automatically choose to join groups of their own race in the classroom?
Boards Need the Right Competencies
Most trustees come to the board table with no clue about what to expect. Cathy Trower and Peter Eckel examine the individual competencies they should have to improve how the board governs.
Let’s End the War Between Online and On-campus Instruction
Open the way for research on the educational consequences of collaboration between virtual and face-to-face learning, Robert Ubell argues.
The Journal of Interrupted Studies
The condition of a refugee scholar is a 21st-century reality, writes Scott McLemee, so one of the oldest academic presses in the world has added a new periodical to its catalog.
College Choice: It’s Anybody’s Guess
When the time comes to decide on a college, the factors at the forefront of a teenager’s mind will continue to remain impenetrable to even the most sophisticated empirical analyses, writes Austin Lyke.