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22 mai 2017

Post-Truth and First-Year Writing

HomeSuch a class can provide a model for constructive, fact-based public discourse and stand as a model of principled resistance in a “fake news” era, argues John Duffy. More...

22 mai 2017

Trump Has It Right

HomeHe can sometimes stumble into the correct position when trying to appease a constituency, as is the case with his approach to political speech by nonprofit groups, argues John K. Wilson. More...

22 mai 2017

What Policies for Improving Graduation Rates Actually Work?

HomeBy Nicholas A. Bowman And Four Other Scholars. As students across the country prepare to receive their degrees, five authors explore how to increase their numbers. More...

22 mai 2017

Not Coddling but Learning

HomeWhy would we expect, ask John C. and Christine K. Cavanaugh, that students who have come of age surrounded by people who largely look and think as they do will be highly skilled at handling disagreeable situations. More...

22 mai 2017

The Costs of a Calling

HomeThe Duke Divinity email fracas shows the peril of academics viewing their work as a vocation and not a job, argues Jonathan Malesic. More...

22 mai 2017

What Boards Are Missing: Curiosity

HomeCollege and university boards have much about which to be curious these days, argue Peter Eckel and Cathy Trower, but too many struggle with asking questions at all, let alone good or great ones. More...

22 mai 2017

Not Exactly Free

HomeJohn M. Burdick provides an insider’s view as to why he thinks the New York State Excelsior Scholarship isn’t actually giving students free college. More...

22 mai 2017

I Spy

HomeIn Citizen Spies, Joshua Reeves demonstrates that the surveillance systems established in America since the Sept. 11 attacks depend largely on habits that have been a long time in forming, writes Scott McLemee. More...

22 mai 2017

Claiming Our Space

HomeDeb S. Reisinger makes the case that intercultural perspectives can and should inform the teaching of academic content in many disciplines, making language study not only relevant but even indispensable. More...

22 mai 2017

Setting Aside Bureaucratic Requirements

HomeBy W. Russell Neuman. W. Russell Neuman explores the impact of undergraduate foreign language requirements and finds that they seem to have little to no meaningful effect on students’ proficiency. More...

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