EducationJuly 22 2014 6:52 PMInterminable DegreesIs the future of higher education a program from which you can never graduate?Rebecca Schuman
EducationJuly 15 2014 11:32 PMRevise and Resubmit!Peer review is slow. It’s unhelpful. It’s generally awful. Here’s how to fix it.Rebecca Schuman
EducationJuly 6 2014 11:45 PMHands Off Your Grad Students!Yes, you’re consenting adults. But you’re harming your department, your discipline, and mentors everywhere.Rebecca Schuman
EducationJune 25 2014 2:27 PM“Do You Have a Plan to Harm Yourself or Anyone Else?”A professor confronts a disturbing student.Rebecca Schuman
EducationJune 15 2014 7:45 PMIn Defense of Laptops in the ClassroomSure, that student may be on Facebook instead of listening to the lecture. But he’s in college—let him make his own mistakes.Rebecca Schuman
Brow BeatJune 2 2014 3:12 PMThis Superstar Professor Calls Students “Boring Idiots” and People Worship Him. Enough Already.Rebecca Schuman
EducationMay 28 2014 12:07 PMBring On the SledgehammerPresident Obama’s college ratings plan is widely hated by the higher-ed status quo. That’s why it’s so promising.Rebecca Schuman
EducationMay 14 2014 11:57 AMConfessions of a Grade InflatorBetween the grubbing and the blubbering, grading fairly is just not worth the fight.Rebecca Schuman
EducationMay 12 2014 9:30 AMSave Our StacksIt’s not about the books. It’s about the books representing the last place on campus where intellectual contemplation thrives.Rebecca Schuman
Brow BeatApril 30 2014 3:57 PMFinally, a Website That Uses Math to Make Your Difficult Decisions For YouRebecca Schuman
Future TenseApril 16 2014 7:44 AMWill Digital Humanities #Disrupt the University?First I have to figure out what it is.Rebecca Schuman
Brow BeatApril 14 2014 4:08 PMHow a “Failed Intellectual” Became One of the Internet’s Favorite NihilistsRebecca Schuman
EducationMarch 26 2014 10:59 AMDon’t Extinguish the FulbrightIt’s not a fancy-pants study-abroad program for spoiled children—it’s crucial diplomacy at a bargain.Rebecca Schuman
EducationMarch 18 2014 11:29 AMThe Tenure Take-BackThe response to a professor who lost her job offer when she tried to negotiate reveals the skewed priorities of academia.Rebecca Schuman
Brow BeatMarch 10 2014 3:08 PMHeidegger’s Hitler Problem Is Worse Than We ThoughtRebecca Schuman
Brow BeatJuly 22 2014 3:56 PMGermans Love Getting Naked at the Beach. So Should We.Rebecca Schuman
Brow BeatJuly 14 2014 11:16 AMWhy Did This Famous Marxist Philosopher Plagiarize a White Supremacist Magazine?Rebecca Schuman
Brow BeatJune 26 2014 9:02 AMDear U.S. Dept. of Education, Here’s How to Use Memes Without Offending EveryoneRebecca Schuman
Brow BeatJune 16 2014 1:13 PMThe Clever Stunt Four Professors Just Pulled to Expose the Outrageous Pay Gap in AcademiaRebecca Schuman
EducationJune 6 2014 10:36 AMBard’s Better Admissions ApplicationForget the Common App. Write four good essays for Bard College and you’re in.Rebecca Schuman
EducationMay 29 2014 3:25 PMThe Study-Abroad ScamToo many programs take your money but give you little in return— or enrich your skimming university. Here’s how to choose the right one.Rebecca Schuman
EducationMay 21 2014 3:28 PMFree to Be a JerkAcademic freedom means no professor’s career should suffer because of political beliefs—even if they’re obnoxious.Rebecca Schuman
Brow BeatMay 13 2014 9:07 AMWill Banning Frats Cut Down on Assault and Destructive Partying?Rebecca Schuman
EducationMay 5 2014 2:07 PMDeskside MannerReal doctors now focus on empathy as well as diagnosis. Should Ph.D.s, too?Rebecca Schuman
EducationApril 24 2014 8:19 AMNeeds ImprovementStudent evaluations of professors aren’t just biased and absurd—they don’t even work.Rebecca Schuman
EducationApril 15 2014 11:52 PMThe Sad Demise of Collegiate FunThe helicopter generation has gone to university, and campus has never been more boring.Rebecca Schuman
Brow BeatApril 8 2014 8:16 AMThe Great Grad-School Experiment in Utopian SocialismRebecca Schuman
Brow BeatMarch 24 2014 9:16 AMWatch a New Web Series That's Like Awkward Black Girl for AcademicsRebecca Schuman
EducationMarch 13 2014 7:27 AM“Doctor”? “Instructor”? “Professor Staff”? College Students Don’t Know What to Call Teachers Anymore.Rebecca Schuman
EducationMarch 7 2014 8:15 AMPowerPointlessDigital slideshows are the scourge of higher education.Rebecca Schuman
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