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My Funky Easy 1-Question (Okay, 2) Sociological Survey
I can explain later (or not), but I'm quite serious. Please answer the following: John or Paul, and why?
Teaching, Principles and the Role of the Professor
Leonard V. Kaplan, a faculty member who was ensnared in a controversy over remarks he says were misreported, reflects on the larger issues for academe raised by the fracas.
Me
Paul has said, famously, that the song “Yesterday” came to him in a dream. It was so complete that he...
Split Division III? Proceed With Caution
The colleges considering leaving the NCAA’s nonscholarship competitive level risk hurting their institutions and turning off students, W. Kent Barnds writes.
Halfway
This week I ran into another of those "the policies make sense, but the application is silly" scenarios. A wonderful...
The Walk of Shame
This is a dirty little industry secret. In some necks of the woods -- moneyed ones, especially -- this is...
Starting Out in the Evening
An unfilmable novel about literary life hits the cineplex. Scott McLemee interviews the author.
"An Enormous Wave of Philanthropy"
In a story in yesterday's IHE about for-profit companies taking over nonprofit colleges -- the gist of the story was...