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Numbers That Bedazzle, Numbers That Benumb
Pressure on accreditors and college officials to emphasize data over professional expertise in gauging higher education quality is misplaced, Bernard Fryshman writes.
Motherhood After Tenure: Super teachers, super mothers
Today a group of students in my Women in Literature class gave a presentation on the film, Mona Lisa Smile...
Mapping the expansion of Bologna Process membership (1999-2011)
Note: our thanks to the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) for the funds to create this map, and to the University...
Ask the Administrator: The Library as Ladder?
A new correspondent writes: I am the library director at a small liberal arts institution. I have worked closely with...
Are We Playing the Game or Have We Become the Game?
Neoliberalism, Managerialism, Commodification, Corporatization These seem to be the buzz-words in current critiques of higher education, education, and society in...
"No" means "No"
As a parent I think a lot about keeping my children safe. When they’re with me I do what I...
The Flawed Middle
The procedures of most search committees make sense at the beginning and end of the process, writes Adam Kotsko, but not in between.
Poisonous Knowledge
A new book looks at the narcopolitics of methamphetamine. Scott McLemee grinds his teeth while reading it.