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Joined at the Hip: Teaching and Testing
Bob Sommer wishes he could separate the classroom experience from the grading experience.
Becoming Richard Rorty
How did the life and work of the American philosopher interact? Scott McLemee interviews one of the "new sociologists of ideas"....
Rankings Go Global
Kevin Carey sees flaws in the increasingly international business of rating colleges -- but also sees legitimate reasons for the comparisons.
'But Where Does That Leave French?'
The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed 2008 the International Year of Languages. Koïchiro Matsuura, director-general of UNESCO, has said...
The Next Market Bubble: Student Loans?
As the economy reels from the housing crisis, lawmakers should act now to ensure that higher education is not next, Richard Vedder and Andrew Gillen argue.
Sharing the Wealth
While opposing the push to regulate endowment spending, Sharon Herzberger writes that institutions of means could make more of a difference for low-income students beyond their own campuses.
The Pursuit of Efficiency and the Pursuit of Folly
While colleges must avoid waste, they need to be careful that demands for cost-cutting -- especially in a period of tight state budgets -- don't destroy their values and mission, write Eric Gilbertson and Daniel Hurley.