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The Defense Department vs. Free Speech on Campus
Proposed regulations about military recruiting and ROTC threaten key academic values, writes John K. Wilson.
Blog Birthday Bits
Today is the third birthday of the blog. To celebrate (okay, not really, but a segue is a segue), I'll...
Standardize Financial Aid Award Letters
The current approach often confuses, or misleads, students and families about what college will cost them, says Mark Kantrowitz. He offers a proposal for change.
Study Skills Courses?
Apparently, a new study suggests that 'study skills' courses for college freshmen improves eventual academic success rates. This bothers me...
Antioch and Philanthropy
Antioch's demise has brought forth a great deal of ink, much of it smugly self-congratulatory, or bitter, or both. Colleges...
Waking The Boy
Although he gets a solid twelve hours a night (!), on some school mornings, TB really, really doesn't want to...
All About Greed
"[T]he NCAA, through all of their summits, hasn't accomplished anything to benefit the student athlete. People who say that one...
The Inevitability of Intimacy
Moving to the tenure track means rethinking walls between professional and personal identity, writes Alex Golub.