Off Beat
Kinsey Scholar's Rx for Good Sex: Cuddling and Cookies
This Valentine's Day, some husbands may simply want hugs, says a sex expert at Indiana University.
In the World
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WorldWise: In Praise of Languages for Internationalization
The economist Larry Summers got it wrong: Learning a second language is key to a college student’s success, says Elspeth Jones.
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Bucking Cultural Norms, Asia Tries Liberal Arts
- Debate Arises at Qatar U. Over Decision to Teach Mainly in Arabic
From the Blogs
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The Looking-Glass vs. the Mirror: Language and Class
There are upper-class and non-upper-class ways of speaking, says Ben Yagoda, even in the furiously egalitarian United States.
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Conference USA Loses Another, and Its Commissioner Makes a Plea
An appeal to back off so the league can rebuild.
- In Defense of Browsing
Kids in the Classroom?
This Course Is
Adults Only
An education professor explains why your small children do not belong in her graduate-level course.
Readers Respond:
Facebook and the First Amendment
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Free Speech Off Campus Must Be Protected
The outcome in "Tatro v. U. of Minnesota" could give colleges almost limitless authority to silence speech critical of their programs, no matter the source.
- Minnesota Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Case of Student Disciplined for Facebook Comments
- A Court Upholds University's Right to Discipline Student Over Facebook Comments
- 'I Still Want to Stab a Certain Someone,' and Other Ideas Not to Post on Facebook
In the U.S.
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Universities Must Adjust to Loss of Public Support, Authors Tell Business Deans
Lobbying cash-strapped legislatures won't help, they say, so colleges—and their business schools—should become more entrepreneurial instead.
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After Navigating the MLA Gantlet, a Graduate Student Decides on a Job
Javier Jiménez said this final leg of his graduate-student journey taught him about being astute in the outside world, something he could not have learned in the...
- U. of Texas Regents Adopt Plan to Strengthen Post-Tenure Reviews
- A Phone Smart Enough to Treat Depression?
- NCAA Weighs Changes in $2,000 Stipend, to Consider Financial Need
- U. of Utah's New President Hopes to Widen Appeal of the Flagship Campus
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Widener U. and Professor Who Clashed With Dean Settle Defamation Suit
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Recreating Mars as a Watery World
- Harvard Seeks to Jolt University Teaching
- After Uproar Over Anti-Piracy Bill, a Movie Studio Courts Law Professors
Arts & Letters Daily
As a teenager, Richard Handl mixed explosives in his garden. As an adult, he tried to split the atom in his kitchen. Be glad he’s not your neighbor. More
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