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Quick Trigger

Rob Zaretsky envisions the not-too-farfetched scenarios in which a university's lawyers comb through the classics.

Mind the Gap

Efforts to reform remedial education that fail to address achievement gaps will perpetuate those gaps. John Squires and Angela Boatman propose a better way.

The Rate Stuff

Why should the faculty be the only campus service that students get to rate, professors at U of All People wondered. RateMyU.com was born, and David Galef describes the carnage.

How For-Profits Lost Their Way

Wall Street riches led some proprietary colleges to pursue growth at all costs, and they're paying for it now. Ben Miller urges them to return to their roots.

Trigger Warnings Are Flawed

Seven humanities professors offer 10 reasons that "trigger warnings" are counterproductive.

Why I'll Add a Trigger Warning

Angus Johnston thinks the concept is a worthy addition to a syllabus and promotes good teaching values.

Know Thy Selfie

People refer to "the Me generation" as if there were just the one. Scott McLemee peers into Simon Blackburn's "Mirror, Mirror."

Defending Commencement Protest

The much-praised critique of Haverford students by the substitute speaker ignored key facts about the protest movement and the nature of dissent on campus, writes Michael Rushmore.