Filter & Sort
Car Sales and College Graduation
We get monthly economic data on which automobiles are selling -- but must wait years to know how many are completing college. What's wrong with this picture? asks Nate Johnson.
Full Bore
A new book looks at the history of boredom. Scott McLemee is fascinated.
Ears to the Ground
Susan Herbst considers the state of research on public opinion and how to apply it to figure out campus opinion.
Telling It as It Is
Craig Stark is proud of sharing difficult realities with freshmen. He wonders why he struggles to be frank with seniors about what they will face after graduation.
When Systems Evolve
Missing from the debate over governance in Wisconsin and elsewhere is an important fact, writes Daniel J. Julius: The relationship between flagships and states has never been set in stone.
Chushingura and Catastrophe
In an excerpt from his new book on MIT, Samuel Jay Keyser talks about why commissions and task forces may be ignored, but certain events can lead to real change at a university.
Attitudes Toward Kenneth Burke
It's been almost twenty years since the death of an American intellectual maverick. But Scott McLemee finds there is plenty of life left in his work.
Two Moments
Decades after an action in class he regretted instantly, Lauren Soth meets the student he embarrassed.