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There's a new academic journal about "adult entertainment" -- because of course there is. Scott McLemee is caught looking.
Writing the Adjunct Experience
Two novelists discuss their careers off the tenure track.
The Disappearing California Dream
When his daughter finds it easier to get in and easier to afford an Ivy League university than the University of California, Arturo E. Hernandez wonders what has been lost.
A New Partnership
Administrators and professors both need to change practices to replace sniping with constructive approaches to challenges facing higher education, writes Susan Resneck Pierce.
Next Chapter for Affirmative Action
The Supreme Court's recent decision may not require colleges to change their practices, but it's another sign they need new approaches, writes Matthew Gaertner.
Why Social Integration Matters
Mark Salisbury explains why his college is trying to figure out which students are introverts -- and how to improve their campus experience.
A One-Man Completion Agenda
Sure, one applicant recently got into all eight Ivy League colleges. But Mark Drozdowski tells the story of a man who earned degrees from all of them.
Value, Price and Profit
A publisher demands the removal of writings by Marx and Engels -- just before May Day. Scott McLemee fans the flames of discontent.