Opinion

In the era of anthologies of criticism, Mark Bauerlein has some ideas of works to add.

This is part three in what has become a series. Last year, the University of Florida attempted to come to...

In my CC system, faculty members can teach a 5-5 or a 4-4 load. If we choose the 4-4 load, we do service work in place of the 5th course. I'm in English, and I'm gratefully taking the 4-4 option, to stay sane with fewer papers to grade. But how unusual is this arrangement? How many other CCs will allow a 4-4 load? I live in an expensive state and would love to move to a cheaper one, so I'm wondering, if I am able to get another job at a CC, how likely is it I'll be teaching a 5-5? And how do English teachers manage to teach 5 courses a semester, many or all of which are writing-intensive?

A returning correspondent writes: ------- In my CC system, faculty members can teach a 5-5 or a 4-4 load. If...

News reports about the closure of the university's main College have shortchanged the value of the university's other campuses, Toni Murdock argues.

David Galef reports on how the faculty of U of All People is spending its time until classes resume.

And...we're back. A few vignettes from the last week: The Girl was so happy that she started each morning with...

Marc Zimmer offers a new way of looking at a crisis facing American colleges and universities.