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How I Became a Scholar - Pt. 2
Today’s essay is part of a new series including me, Latham Turner, Bowen Dwelle, Michael Mohr, Dee Rambeau, and Lyle McKeany. In the past we’ve written…
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How I Became A Scholar - Pt. 1
Halfway through my sophomore year in college, just after Christmas break, I caught whooping cough.
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We Are All Babbitts Or Bartlebys Now
The college landscape in America is beginning to look a lot like the 1920s, but since we’ve stopped reading the literature of that era, at least in…
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Rural Americans Aren't Going To College. Should They?
A lifetime ago, when I still lived in Iowa and had a front-row seat to the Democratic presidential primary, I attended one of Steve Bullock’s events…
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Leaving Academe Is Fine, But What About Your Kids?
Liz Haswell and Joshua Doležal on sending their kids into the system they left
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Exit Interview
A. Jay Adler on leaving academe
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A. Jay Adler
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Does Your News Feed Pass The SMELL Test?
Friends,
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Private thread: Are Profpreneurs Good for Students?
One of Michael D.
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Michael D. Smith's False Prophecy for Higher Education
I was driving back from Maryland to Pennsylvania on Black Friday when I tuned in to Steve Levitt’s Freakonomics podcast.
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The Rise of the Homeschool Brigade
A startling article in The Washington Post reports that even two years after COVID lockdowns, homeschool remains the fastest-growing form of education…
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The Librarians Are Not OK
A decades-long attack on their status is bad for us all
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University administrators have forgotten what leadership is
Earlier this week I learned that college leaders decided, without consulting faculty or staff, to shutter The Gettysburg Review, a legendary journal…
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