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Exam Doozies and Doubts
What do academics do wrong? by Warren Goldstein (U Hartford) The term’s over, thank God, and I’ve finished plowing through my U.S.-sports-history exams, but I can’t forget reading: “Femininity on the...
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When Is Competition a Positive Force?
Is competition good? By Claire Potter (The New School) Yesterday morning I was gliding down the river in my single scull. I was ten to fifteen minutes from the dock, workout complete, leg muscles...
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Fading Glory Days
Is higher education improving or going down hill? By Richard Wolin (CUNY) Since the 1980s, the golden age of American higher education has been steadily fading. In the postwar years, the GI Bill and...
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Every Monograph a Movie
Are students learning the best way? by Marshall T. Poe (University of Iowa) Although we often forget it, reading is a profoundly unnatural act. We were not evolved to read. Eyes are for seeing, ears...
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Encourage, but Terrify
Is graduate school worth it? by Amanda Seligman (U Wisconsin, Milwaukee) “Professor Seligman, you scared the hell out of me!” confided “Andrew” as I gathered up my papers, course books, several sample...
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Not Quite Bulletproof
What have you learned about life? By Jon T. Coleman (Notre Dame) To rise in academe and reach the high ground where review committees stop questioning your record and deans quit pondering your...
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Why It’s OK to Rat On Other Students
How do you teach people to do the right thing? by Warren Goldstein Like many people in the academy, I have found myself uneasily stewing over the murders at Virginia Tech. My students and I have spent...
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