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Valuing Diversity of Ideas

Kent John Chabotar wants faculty members and students to be more open to those who disagree with them.

When in Doubt, Investigate

When allegations of wrongdoing emerge, colleges should investigate them aggressively and independently, Scott Coffina writes.

Saying Yes to Cell Phones in Class

Jed Shahar describes how he found educational value in the tool he once held in disdain.

Flunking Out of Clown College

In the debut of a new humor column, Mark J. Drozdowski describes his difficulties training for the circus life.

Lessons From a Strike

Curt Rice considers the incongruities of being a professor on a picket line -- but is also glad to have had the experience.

Liquidity Trap

Zygmunt Bauman's new book discusses education in an age of unrelenting instability. Scott McLemee consults a modern master.

Disruptive Innovation: Rhetoric or Reality?

At Virginia and elsewhere, would-be reformers cite technology as forcing higher education to change. But that's often an excuse for politically motivated decisions, writes Johann Neem.

Defending the Humanities

The disciplines are needed more than ever and besieged more than ever, writes Peter Burian, who considers the ways scholars can respond.