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Prophets of Deceit

Obama is a totalitarian illegal alien! He's going to execute grandma! Scott McLemee takes refuge with a classic study of political mania.

John Hughes's Lessons

"Bueller. Bueller. Bueller." As an untenured professor I live in constant dread that my voice will (like Ben Stein's in...

Vertigo Years

The problems facing higher education won't be fixed by three-year programs, but educational values will be lost, write William G. Durden and Neil B. Weissman.

Furlough Friday

Renee Moreno considers the realities of the way California's universities are balancing their budgets.

'Iphigenia' and the iPhone

There is growing anxiety among educators and policy makers that American colleges and universities are not churning out enough science...

Publishing Genius

A graduate student in Baltimore proves that a small press can hit the big time. Scott McLemee investigates.

The Medium is Not the Message

The lack of attention paid to a recent federal study about the benefits of online learning reflects continuing bias against that mode of education, writes Jonathan Kaplan.

The Death Guy

Gary Laderman has mixed feelings about becoming the "go to" professor when someone famous dies.