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A Course is not a Class is not a Section

Are classes the same thing as courses and sections? Simple questions about student data can quickly disintegrate into details too...

Foreign Language for Foreign Policy?

Russell A. Berman questions the way some defend foreign language study.

As Others See Us

Kirstin Wilcox considers whether humanities scholarship truly fits the description offered in its defense by Gregory Petsko.

College Bookstores and the Internet

Anecdotally, it looks like the new Higher Education Act is doing a number on college bookstores, and on bookstores in...

Thanks for the Internet (and Let's Make Sure We Keep It)

Can you remember what life was like before the Internet? I can ... but barely. I remember sending my first...

Why I have no long-term commitment to the "tools."

Tractors are tools. Growing up in Iowa, I was always impressed by the variety of tractors that were used for...

Mothering at Mid-Career: Muffins

Sometimes teaching is a lot like baking. It helps to have a goal, and to have the basics down, but...

Strictly silos

I got a bit of a shock last week; it reminded me just how strongly the disciplinary culture rules at...