Opinion

Academics who become administrators need to unlearn behaviors they embraced as faculty members, writes Robert J. Sternberg.

By Robert J. Sternberg

I spent one night having drinks with the late Christopher Hitchens, and it was a night I'll never forget.

By Lee Bessette

Is a free textbook a good deal?

By Dean Dad

Looking forward to reading about your favorite nonfiction books of 2011. Without exception, every book in my list was purchased from Amazon as an audiobook (through Audible) or a Kindle e-book.

By Joshua Kim

Teachable moments are sometimes incredibly ironic. Last week, when leading a discussion on feminist criticism for a literary theory class, I began by asking my students what questions they might pose when taking a feminist approach to a fictional text. I am often met with an awkward silence at the beginning of a lesson, and so, as usual, I waited next to the chalkboard for someone to respond rather than providing an answer for them. One of my male students finally said angrily, “I feel like you’re mocking us when you stand there waiting for an answer. You look sardonic.”

By Melissa Sande

Microsoft launched a new social network for students last week: So.cl. Is it time to declare "peak social"? Or at least "peak social networks"?

By Audrey Watters

I'm in the process of reading William Morris's 1896 utopian novel "News from Nowhere", of which I'm sure I'll have more to say in a bit.

By G. Rendell