Percolator
The Case for American Loneliness? One Solitary Number
Some sociologists worry that Americans are more alone than ever. But a deeper look at the data suggests their fears may be unfounded.
In the World
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Planet Academe: The Case Against Internationalization
The popularity of the internationalization trend may have silenced much-needed debate, writes David Wheeler.
- Growing Criticism of Copyright Deal Signed by 2 Canadian Universities
- Noam Chomsky and Other Scholars Call for Reform of Thai Royal Insult Law
From the Blogs
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Yale, Student Rape, and 'No Means Yes'
Yale could begin rape prevention by addressing the institution’s complicity in the problem.
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How to Appear Competent in One Easy Step
If you can answer your e-mails quickly and effectively, people will think you are a superhero.
- Predicting Mitt Romney’s Higher-Education Policy
What Works
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Community-College Study Asks: What Helps Students Graduate?
The Center for Community College Student Engagement is seeking to identify practices that work, and help colleges expand them to cover all students.
Cutting the Scholarly Supply Line
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As Journal Boycott Grows, Elsevier Defends Its Practices
A protest by scholars, the suppliers of journal articles, could signal trouble for the publisher. The company says its pricing and the value it offers are misunderstood.
- Elsevier Publishing Boycott Gathers Steam Among Academics
The Post-Tenure Blues
In the U.S.
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Senators Question Obama's Plan to Tie Federal Aid to Tuition
At a hearing, Republicans grilled an Education Department official about how states would be affected. Some Democrats also raised concerns about the regulatory burden.
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Proposed Realigning of New Jersey Campuses Spurs Protests
The plan would shift control of a Rutgers campus at Camden to Rowan University. Critics see hints of cronyism in that choice.
- 5 Minutes With the Leader of a Catholic-College Group That Opposes a U.S. Ruling on Contraceptives
- In Sign of Trying Times for College Sports, Moody's Downgrades a Fund-Raising Unit
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Students at Florida A&M U. React to Suspension of Club Recruiting
- 12 More Law Schools Face Lawsuits Over Job-Placement Claims
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Chambers of Dissent at U. at Buffalo
- Tech Therapy: Sex and Technology on Campus—The Risks and Rewards
- New Media Consortium Names 10 Top 'Metatrends' Shaping Educational Technology
- U. of Vermont Will Stop Bottled-Water Sales
Arts & Letters Daily
Orwell called them “disgusting tripe,” Camille Paglia considers them a “corrupt practice,” Stephen King winces at their “hyperbolic ecstasies”—book blurbs have been a scandal since antiquity. More
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