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    An English professor learns an important lesson when her Spanish-speaking students read poems aloud.

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    Psychedelic Academe

    Research into mind-altering drugs is back. But the field is still on the edges of academic consciousness.

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    Legalize It and They Will Analyze It

    The Humboldt Institute for Interdisciplinary Marijuana Research studies a little-known industry.

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    Raphael Lemkin: a Prophet Without Honors

    He helped make genocide illegal. So why haven't you heard of him?

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    Professors are deeply invested in the logic leading to massive open online courses and are ill-prepared to argue against them.

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    Syria's Lost Generation

    They languish in Jordanian refugee camps, dreaming of a return to the classroom. They'll need a lot of help to get there.

  • The Rise of English-Speaking Science 1

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