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The End Is Not Near
As a new semester begins, Kevin Brown contemplates why professors do the work they do -- often underappreciated work he compares to the craftsmen who built cathedrals.
Scholarship in Public
John Sides and Lynn Vavreck explain why they rewrote rules of how to publish in political science for their book on the 2012 presidential election.
Off the Clock
Whatever happened to the shrinking work week that futurologists used to worry about? Scott McLemee checks into a volume in the field of leisure studies.
Opinion
More Work to Be Done
President Obama's endorsement of competency-based programs is welcome, writes Deb Bushway, but key federal policies need to change to promote this kind of education.
Isn't Learning Part of 'Value'?
President Obama is right to want colleges to prove their worth – but his “myopic” plan ignores how much students learn, writes Richard Hersh.
So You Think You Can Think
To teach a course about reality TV, Dominic Pettman turned his class into a reality TV show.
Opinion
Ratings Are Not So Easy
It's hard to argue with President Obama's analysis of higher education's problems, writes Karen Gross, but his proposed solution -- a system for rating colleges -- must be crafted very carefully.
The Sexual Politics of Scholarship
Laura Wright considers the way the ideas of women -- in and out of the academy -- are judged.
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Pagination
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