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The Time of Dead Grandmothers
Our students' excuses -- pathetic or creative -- say something meaningful both about them and about those of us who teach, writes Terry Caesar.
What We Can Expect From Students
Paula M. Krebs and Mary Krebs Flaherty -- sisters who work at very different institutions -- trade perspectives.
Genocide and the Bottom Line
Brian Thill writes that it is time for colleges to take a stand -- with their endowments -- on Sudan.
Unfair to FAIR
Roger Bowen writes that the U.S. Supreme Court's defense of military recruiters violates the rights of students and professors.
The New Math
A new book offers guidance to the aspiring mathematician. Scott McLemee has a look.
The Un-Retiring
What happens when a chair never moves on? A professor explores life in such a department.
Public and Private: What's the Difference?
American colleges and universities, especially those that define themselves as public institutions because they are owned by states, carry on...
Plain Talk About Plain Speech
Rob Weir announces the Society for Intellectual Clarity and the rules for its new journal.