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The Review | Essay
Scholars Who Study the Middle East Are Afraid to Speak Out
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The Review | OpinionHow to Stop Academic Fraudsters
Data fabrication is an old problem. New preventive measures can help. -
The Review | Opinion
Everyone, Just Shut Up Already
Academic administrators should keep their politics to themselves.
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College Museums Should Use History of Obtaining Looted Items as Teaching Opportunity
The context of their production, consumption, and final use should be the primary goal of study. -
Lack of Consensus About Free Speech on Campus Is a Virtue
Having a consensus will stale our political debates. -
Value of Humanities Degrees Goes Beyond Salary
Students in the discipline learn to think critically and communicate clearly.
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Slouching Toward Sensitivity
Content warning: This essay contains obscenities, slurs, sex, bullying, child abuse, alcoholism, pregnancy, addiction, murder, suicide, religion, culture, opinions, politics, language, and academe. -
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The Line Between Knowledge and Magic Is Thinner Than We Think
Anthony Grafton’s alternate history of the Renaissance. -
The Review | Essay
How Chapters Shaped the History of Reading
Nicholas Dames’s new book considers a literary feature that scholars usually neglect. -
The Review | Opinion
Science Has a Censorship Problem
The motives are benign. The effects are insidious. -
The Review | Essay
Learning While Female in Kabul
How educators around the world keep hope alive in a hopeless place. -
The Review | Essay
What Determines Post-College Pay? Luck.
For some graduates, the meritocracy gives way to the “luckocracy.” -
The Review | Essay
Dear Administrators: Enough With the Free-Speech Rhetoric!
It concedes too much to right-wing agendas. -
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The Review | Conversation
Why Is Stanley Fish Teaching at Florida’s New College?
An interview about politics, academic freedom, and “ideological odor.”
