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No Sacred Cows
When there are sound reasons, college presidents can eliminate football, writes Maravene Loeschke, who explains how and why she did so.
In Our Time: 1 of 3 Riffs on Hemingway
I was brought up short by the snap of recognition the other day. In classes I often use the late...
Setting the Record Straight
The creators of the Collegiate Learning Assessment reply to Trudy W. Banta's essay on measuring general intellectual skills.
Legitimation Crisis
When dissident intellectuals in Iran appeal to colleagues in the U.S. for solidarity, the silence is often deafening. Scott McLemee interviews an activist trying to change that.
A Dean's View of the MLA Report
In one of his Meditations, Marcus Aurelius, the Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher, wrote, "Time is like a river made...
The Liberty Bell is Cracked: Toss It Out
How did the Liberty Bell get stuck in an ugly prefab, which looks like a small rest stop you’d see...
Nominated for President, Haverford and Wesleyan
Wick Sloane, again a candidate, offers his common-sense platform for leading two top liberal arts colleges.
Scotland is The Place
I’ll admit it: It took me too long to come around to Scotland, and I blame that on the American...