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Announcing: Radio Free AWP

Please plan to tune in here February 2nd to the 5th for a series of podcasts on literary topics by...

For Many, College Isn't Worth It

In this space last Friday, Anthony Carnevale strongly and lengthily argued that “college is still worth it.” He implicitly criticized...

The Bias of Background Checks

Colleges can and should refrain from investigating applicants’ criminal pasts, writes Marsha Weissman.

Snow Day Dominoes

We’ve had a few snow days over the past couple of weeks, and it looks like we may get some...

How I Think About E-Books

"……the under 30 crowd? They are nearly as skeptical as their grandparents, with 58% saying they had no interest in...

Stop Thinking You're the Smartest Person in the Room

From the archives - this post was originally published at http://uvenus.org on 3.01.2010. I’m in the unenviable position of preparing...

Long Distance Mom: Speed Trap

The holiday vacation is for me, as for many academics, a time when I complete much-needed fieldwork for projects; in...

Last things first

An article in the current (February) issue of Dwell magazine tells of a married couple in the Netherlands -- designers...