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Hand-Crafted Digital Texts

With free e-books, you often get what you pay for. Scott McLemee discovers the art of making do-it-yourself editions.

The Question Being Ignored

Victor E. Ferrall Jr. wants to know why leaders of liberal arts colleges aren't focused on the decreased student demand for liberal arts education at their institutions.

Science as Public Service

Homeland security requires a future in which a broader range of university researchers work with the government on projects that protect us all, writes Janet Napolitano.

Adventures with Price Indexes

What do the lunch habits of think tank researchers have to do with how colleges gauge their internal costs? Andrew Gillen and Jonathan Robe explain.

Taming the 'Wild West'

Changes are needed in the federal student aid system to ensure that money flows to worthy colleges and students, Charles Reed and King Alexander argue.

Photography and Political Violence

Susie Linfield's The Cruel Radiance has won acclaim for its defense of the moral value of photojournalism. Scott McLemee talks to the author.

Where 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Remains

Last December, many of us watched as Congress passed the historic repeal of the military's "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" policy...

Humans and the Humanites

An instructor and a student share lessons they learned from a class in which university students taught Russian literature at a juvenile correctional facility.