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The Choice-Driven Life of Sheena Iyengar
A psychologist who studies how too many options can be overwhelming suddenly has some new ones of her own, writes Evan R. Goldstein.
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See Jane Bite
The author of "Pride and Prejudice" bares her fangs in new occult spinoffs. Amy Leal considers how this unlikely course of events came about.
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A Plea for Real Debate in Academe
Can't we improve the barren dialogue between conservative and liberal scholars? asks Robert Maranto.
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Obama Should Take a Cue From FDR
Roosevelt knew that his most influential allies weren't Washington's movers and shakers, but rather the voters themselves, writes Nicolaus Mills.
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Wisdom as Secret Learning Objective
It's the most profound goal of a liberal-arts education, writes Darryl Campbell, but academics can't say that out loud.
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Nota Bene: Diane Ravitch's Turnabout
In a new book, the education theorist says she was mistaken to have been so enthusiastic about "testing, accountability, choice, and markets."
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Weekly Book List, March 15, 2010
Descriptions of new scholarly books, divided by category.
Brainstorm
- Please Tell Me This Isn't True
- The Sky Is Falling
- The Universities and the Big Dance
- The Politicization of Everything
- 'The New York Times' on Texas Conservatives
New Scholarly Books
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Commentary
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We Must Preserve the Engines of Our Economy
Public universities need public support to weather the financial crisis, writes John F. Burness. To find ways to do that, take a history lesson.
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Huck Finn Is Everywhere: Why America Must Save Its Public Universities
Laura Skandera Trombley's father was poor, yet she managed to get ahead through education. Today's students, too, deserve that chance, she writes.
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High-Risk Drinking at College? Soon to Be a Thing of the Past
In light of demographic trends—and some colleges' commitment to deal with the problem—drinking rates on campus may soon decline, predicts Brandon Busteed.
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E-Books Must Be Accessible, and That Means Audio
If they don't have that capability, libraries should refuse to buy them, says Peter Blanck.
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A 'Race to the Top'
President Obama has declared one for K-12. But higher education needs one too, writes Kevin Carey.
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5 Lessons America Can Learn From Asia About Higher Education
The region is confronting American colleges with serious competition, writes Kishore Mahbubani, of the National University of Singapore, who suggests some responses.
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The Liberal Arts Are Not Elitist
A flourishing economy requires the same skills that support citizenship, Martha C. Nussbaum writes.
Letters to the Editor
- The 1968 Columbia Protests Revisited
- The Problem With College? Too Few Customers
- For-Profit Institutions Meet Adult Students' Unique Needs
- A Professor Proposes Tenure-and-Promotion Reform
- Parsing the 'Liberal' in Liberal Arts
Arts & Letters Daily
Pearl Buck played as a child in a Chinese town where wild dogs foraged for girl babies routinely exposed to die on wastelands. More
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