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An Open Letter to President Obama
Drew A. Bennett offers the perspective of a two-year college leader on some ideas for change that wouldn't require a new stimulus bill.
The Why and How of Human Terrain Teams
Adam L. Silverman, a social science advisor to the U.S. Army program, which embeds academics with brigade combat teams, explains what he does, and why.
Error and Failure
Yesterday's IHE has a worthwhile story about 'reverse transfers' – students starting at four-year colleges and then transferring to cc's...
Long Distance Mom: Lincoln and Darwin Turn 200
Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were both born on Feb. 12th, 1809. Why is celebrating their birthdays important? Why should...
Eat less carbon
I was speaking recently with a representative of Greenback U's dining services. My intent (predictably) was to move them towards...
ABCs and PhDs: Personal experiments
In my last semester as a graduate student, I TA’ed a human behavioral biology course. As it turned out, I...
The Tuition/Aid Tango
(Or, worst "Dancing With the Stars" episode ever.) In discussion with my counterparts across my state, I'm hearing that most...
War in the Heavens and Here Below
A new book revisits Manicheaism. Scott McLemee takes a look at the world religion that didn't quite make it.