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The Alarming Expansion of the For-Profits
The growing presence and influence of for-profit higher education internationally is worrisome and seems to be attracting less attention than it deserves.
How Not to Defend the Liberal Arts
Making a scapegoat of critical theory won't help anyone and distorts the real challenges facing academe, writes Paul Jay.
Tracking Ph.D. Career Paths
Melanie Sinche writes that there may finally be momentum for gathering data crucial to helping doctoral students understand their opportunities.
What’s in a Name? Marriage, Surnames and Grad School
Navigating the process of changing one's name after marriage or divorce.
The Bossypants Conundrum
In this, as in so many things, we can learn from Tina Fey. There’s a passage in Bossypants that got...
Nicholas Kristof Made It Official
U.S. higher education is on the downward slide.
I'm Coming to a City Near You
Provided those cities are Spartanburg, Atlanta, Oxford, or Baton Rouge.