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Reject the 'Finish in 4' Fad
"Finish in four, I promise!" That is what Northern Arizona University is telling its incoming students. With a little better...
Vietnam, Part 1
It was a fair start, for an ironical life, to be born American in Saigon, Vietnam, on Ho Chi Minh’s...
Motivation and Its Discontents
Will bringing in an inspirational speaker cure the faculty blues? Scott McLemee describes a skirmish in the culture wars.
Out of State Checks and Academic Credits
As the nation’s registrars gather this week in Boston, Wick Sloane applies a dash of Open Source thinking to the costly, intractable data, articulation, credit-transfer muddle in higher education.
Is There a Grant to Study This?
A student pouted at me in conference today and said she doesn’t care about writing or reading well. She wants...
A Time for Casting Away
As her academic career evolves, Amy L. Wink reconsiders the books she needs to have, and those she can give up.
Changing SEOG to Save It
Killing the student grant program is a bad idea, says Constantine Curris, but some criticisms of it are warranted.
Churm House, Part 2
My wife makes more money as an internationalization coordinator than I have ever made, even as a corporate writer. That’s...