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In a Cardboard Grave
Scott McLemee reviews Alberto Manguel's Packing My Library: An Elegy and Ten Digressions.
Stop Selling Out University Mascots
University athletic programs should not put their school mascots to work off the field and the court selling commercial products, argues Bill Mahon.
Why I Teach Online (Even Though I Don't Have To)
Steven D. Krause responds to a recent essay by a professor vowing not to teach online.
The Dangers of English as Lingua Franca of Journals
Scholarship is being damaged all over the world, write Mary Jane Curry and Theresa Lillis.
Ethical College Admissions: Relationships
Jim Jump elaborates on the issue of connections between college counselors and admissions officers.
Let’s Fix Completion, Once and for All
With $100 million to win, Wick Sloane urges college leaders at this week’s American Council on Education annual meeting to work on graduating more low-income students and ending poverty. Yes, merely that.
Hayden White's Perplexing History
The author of Metahistory, one of the most influential books in the humanities over the past four decades, died Monday. Scott McLemee takes him out of the poststructuralist pigeonhole.
Diving Beyond the Comfort Zone
Our own experiences in unfamiliar environments can help us appreciate the kinds of sustained support our students need, writes Elizabeth H. Simmons.