Letters to the Editor

Latest Letters

• Adjuncts Earn Respect With Union's Help

  "We negotiated a contract (just renewed) that gave us, for the first time, job security, benefits, a hike in the measly pre-unionization pay."

• The Military Academies Strike Back

  Some readers object to the characterization of the institutions in a recent essay, and the author, Bruce Fleming, responds.

• In an Era of Fraud, Why Should Academe Be Immune?

  "Science is self-corrective in the long run, and fraud is eventually exposed, but often at great cost and sometimes with tragic consequences."

• Threat of Flooding Focuses Attention on Climate Change

  "Climate change and sea-level rise present many universities with dual challenges in resource management."

• Sickle-Cell Testing Saves Athletes' Lives

  "Our ultimate aim must become keeping living athletes from converting to dead athletes."

• What Can We Learn From Debate Over Forum on Student Loans?

  Critics argue that the forum is inherently illegitimate because the sponsors picked all panelists.

• Narrative TV vs. the Novel

• Who You Callin' 'Dr.,' You So-and-So?

  "Will I have to work harder to earn the respect my degree deserves?"

• Students Ignoring Your E-Mails? Try an App

  "Now when I receive a university e-mail blast, I am more likely to delete it than read it."

• In Admissions, It's All About the Money—and the Jobs

  "First-year earnings should not be the sole defining characteristic of a possible career option."

• Senate Bill Is More Political Than Practical

  "By setting a precedent that focuses so strongly on earning as the reason for education, we neglect the original purpose of higher education in this country."

• Keeping Students in Mind Is 'More Vital Than Ever'

  "Students today are under an unprecedented amount of pressure to succeed, with high expectations from everyone involved in their college process."

• On Inconsistency, Weights, and Measures

• Russian Riot Grrrls Go to Church (and Prison)

• Whom to Please? Politicians or Students?

  "Now, it appears, we are going to tell our customers that if they do not pick a college major leading to employment that will pay off their college loan, they are wrong."

• A Salutary Lesson From Dr. Johnson

  "I learned a valuable lesson about honorifics several years ago."

• 'Any Reasonable Person' Would See Glaxo Study as Fraud

  "The ghostwriter, Ms. Laden, continued to manage the manuscript throughout the process, under guidance from GlaxoSmithKline."

• Author's 'Errors and Transgressions' Can't Be Ignored

  "We must be suspicious of any effort by Mr. Rosenfeld to make sense of these documents without the assistance of critics he has wrongly maligned."

• Europe's Economic Crisis Hits Greek Universities Hard

  "The performance of Greek universities will deteriorate critically in the next several years."

• STEM Acronym Fails to Note What Sciences Are Being Left Out

  "I believe the national media, with its advocacy of STEM subjects, is doing a great disservice to the nation."