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After ROTC's Return
With all eyes on the Arab Spring, a revolution on American soil is going largely ignored. After four decades of...
Professors Hatfield and McCoy
What should a college do when the two members of a two-person department are locked in a feud? Feuds can...
Recruitment Agents: An Excuse for Prejudice
“US and Australia Usher in New Agent Guidelines” –This article came flying through my Twitter feed this week and I...
Long Distance Mom: Grades Due
I considered not writing a column today because I have to finish my grading. (Let me repeat — I HAVE...
Reading 'The Haves and the Have-Nots'
If you went to grad school in sociology in the 1990s you probably talked about inequality ( what we called...
Confusing Excess With Access
Last week, I confessed to having something of a crisis of faith. I was attending a fascinating workshop on library...
Transforming Terror
If 9/11 "changed everything," what did killing Osama bin Laden do? Scott McLemee looks at an anthology on the climate of terror.
From Out of the Shadows
Despite warnings from friends, Maria Shine Stewart added a for-profit college to her adjunct teaching schedule. She shares her experiences.