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The Mild Torture Economy
Being a full-time human guinea pig is a service-sector job -- with needles. Scott McLemee looks at an ethnographic report.
Science and Subpoenas
A fight over research records in Arizona raises vital questions for all scholars who value work that requires confidentiality, writes Felice J. Levine.
Stop Admitting Ph.D. Students
Professors can help the job market if some of them refuse to accept more doctoral candidates, writes Monica J. Harris. That's what she's doing.
The Girl Discovers Anthropology
Last Sunday, when it was particularly hot outside and we were mostly stuck inside, TG declared that she was going...
Bullwinkle's mushrooms
OK, this one is going to take a little explaining. Once upon a time when dinosaurs roamed the earth (starting...
Guest Review: Logic: The Question of Truth
*** Review by Okla Elliott Logic: The Question of Truth. Translated by Thomas Sheehan. Indiana University Press, 2010. Cloth, $44.95...
A Challenge to Admissions Groups
Instead of just attacking for-profit colleges, 2 national associations should embrace institutions willing to accept their standards, C. Ronald Kimberling argues.
A Response to The New Faculty Majority
The New Faculty Majority has drafted a proposal calling for adjuncts to get tenure (or its functional equivalent) and proportional...