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Critical Condition

Keeping up with the culture is a full-time job. Scott McLemee talks with a professor who does it 24-7.

Don't Forget the Registrar

Now that Education Secretary Margaret Spellings is using the report of her Commission on the Future of Higher Education to...

Grad School: A Primer

Scott Eric Kaufman provides the ABC's of being a doctoral student.

What Princeton Tuition Freeze Means -- and Doesn't Mean

For the second time in seven years, a highly visible and prestigious private institution has announced a decision not to...

A Warning on Measuring Learning Outcomes

Trudy W. Banta makes the case against using standardized tests of general intellectual skills to compare how well colleges educate students.

Facing the Question

An occupying army, an Islamic insurgency, and no end in sight.... Scott McLemee looks at two books ripped from the headlines -- of 50 years ago.

Being an 'Out' President

I can’t say I was surprised that some of the inquiries and interviews that followed my appointment in 2005 as...

The Terrorist Threat Index

David Galef uncovers the latest piece of applied research to come out of the U. of All People's ever-creative faculty.