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Confronting Tainted Histories
Colleges that participated in the slave economy or engaged in other forms of discrimination must engage with the past to shape their cultures now, writes Michele Minter.
Mass Incarceration on Trial
The U.S. leads the world in the size of its prison population. Scott McLemee check out a new book suggesting that tide is starting to turn.
Room for Creativity?
Two adjuncts discuss how they balance their creative interests with course coverage obligations.
The Power of Grad Students
Even in challenging times for higher education, unions representing teaching assistants are achieving important victories that help many others in academe, writes Asad Haider.
Block the July 4 Coup
The 2013, 2014 and 2015 chairs of UT Austin's Faculty Council argue that the effort to remove the president there is shortsighted, and that academics nationwide must take note.
Are Universities Gouging Online Students?
Students who don't come to campus deserve a discount, writes Randy Best.
A Degree of Fraud
Diploma mills are almost as old as the university itself. Scott McLemee wonders why there isn't more scholarship on the real problem of fake degrees.
Professor as Personal Trainer
Alex Golub returns to a comparison he made nine years ago as an A.B.D., and considers it from perspective of a tenured professor.