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Paradise Lost?
A new television program is accused of glorifying polygamy. As Scott McLemee discovers, the literary canon may be even more culpable.
The Time of Dead Grandmothers
Our students' excuses -- pathetic or creative -- say something meaningful both about them and about those of us who teach, writes Terry Caesar.
What We Can Expect From Students
Paula M. Krebs and Mary Krebs Flaherty -- sisters who work at very different institutions -- trade perspectives.
Genocide and the Bottom Line
Brian Thill writes that it is time for colleges to take a stand -- with their endowments -- on Sudan.
Unfair to FAIR
Roger Bowen writes that the U.S. Supreme Court's defense of military recruiters violates the rights of students and professors.
The New Math
A new book offers guidance to the aspiring mathematician. Scott McLemee has a look.
The Un-Retiring
What happens when a chair never moves on? A professor explores life in such a department.
Public and Private: What's the Difference?
American colleges and universities, especially those that define themselves as public institutions because they are owned by states, carry on...