Global
Out of Afghanistan
While Afghans fear a resurgent Taliban as U.S. troops depart, some professors and officials are cautiously optimistic that higher education will continue to grow.
Catalyst
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Fear of Feminism
Would a feminist by any other name be as sweet?
- On Being a Rookie Chair
- A Remarkable Number of Women
Featured Articles
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Do Poor Career Prospects Radicalize Imams?
A doctoral student at Harvard says Muslim clerics with weak professional networks are more likely to preach violence. -
Why Do Historians Insist on Dividing Us?
Human relations have been characterized by contact and interconnection more than by conflict and antagonism.
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Writing With Soul
One of the problems with much scholarly writing is that it often seems to come straight from central processors.
More on Research
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College and Class
Two researchers discuss their study of inequality in higher education, which involved the women on one freshman floor of a public-college flagship.
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Georgia State U. Scholar Leads Strengthened Oral-History Group
The Oral History Association's first-ever executive director, Clifford M. Kuhn, must lead it through the rocky terrain of legal challenges and digital advances.
- Conn. and Mass. Governors Propose Big Spending Increases for Higher Education
- Boston U. Receives Coveted Invitation to Join Assn. of American Universities
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'It's Almost as if Max Eastman Quoted From the Novel ... So That We'd Have This Great Proof'
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The Great Pretender
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Is Pushing Faculty Productivity Worthwhile?
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Inside the Cuban Missile Crisis
