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In Our Time: 1 of 3 Riffs on Hemingway

I was brought up short by the snap of recognition the other day. In classes I often use the late...

Setting the Record Straight

The creators of the Collegiate Learning Assessment reply to Trudy W. Banta's essay on measuring general intellectual skills.

Legitimation Crisis

When dissident intellectuals in Iran appeal to colleagues in the U.S. for solidarity, the silence is often deafening. Scott McLemee interviews an activist trying to change that.

A Dean's View of the MLA Report

In one of his Meditations, Marcus Aurelius, the Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher, wrote, "Time is like a river made...

The Liberty Bell is Cracked: Toss It Out

How did the Liberty Bell get stuck in an ugly prefab, which looks like a small rest stop you’d see...

Nominated for President, Haverford and Wesleyan

Wick Sloane, again a candidate, offers his common-sense platform for leading two top liberal arts colleges.

Scotland is The Place

I’ll admit it: It took me too long to come around to Scotland, and I blame that on the American...

No Longer Free to Choose

The movement to regulate textbook prices could end up hurting instruction and saving little if any money, writes Michael W. Brandl.