On the Newsstand: Fall 2010
No Grad Left Behind?

Affirmative Action, Changes to the Tenure System, and Gordon Brown

Covers

Class Conflict

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The debate over class-based affirmative action

Dunce ex Machina

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U.S. high schools fail to prepare grads for college

Tenure Tune-Up

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Changes needed to bring tenure system into modernity

Inflationary Spiral?

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Assessing the threat of grade inflation

The Cost of College

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Why higher education is still too expensive

The Public University in the Recession

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UC provides case studies of new modes of funding

The State of Higher Education in America

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In May 1892, The Atlantic Monthly published an article of clear concern to the magazine’s readership: transformative changes in the admissions requirements for Harvard College. Harvard had dropped its 200-year-old requirement of studying Greek and Latin, and now allowed applicants the option of proving their fluency in “modern languages” like Spanish and French. As author James Jay Greenough reported, many ... Read More

DREAM Deferred

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Failure to pass the DREAM Act highlights partisan gridlock

Beyond the Liberal Arts

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In expanding access to college, don't forget vocational training

Oh, the Humanities

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The struggle over curricular reform, at Harvard and beyond

The Limits of SAFRA

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New reform measures won't solve the problem of tuition rates

The End of the Women’s College?

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The decades-long decline of single-sex higher education

United States

Beyond Cap and Trade

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How America can address the climate challenge

The Republicans’ Dilemma

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The midterms will leave the GOP facing a key decision for 2012

Do Americans Fear Muslims?

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What the Ground Zero mosque controversy has taught us

Debating the Census

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How to count, not who to count, matters most

Margaret Spellings

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On reforming education and holding schools accountable

World

Laboring to Govern

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Election plunges Australian politics into uncertainty

90 Miles Away and Closing

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Recent policy changes suggest a new openness towards Cuba

Paul Kagame’s Balancing Act

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Rwanda’s hardened reformer moves forward despite growing criticism

A World Without Nukes

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Addressing regional conflicts is at the heart of disarmament

Books & Arts

Lost at War

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A journalist’s search for purpose in a murky war

Bombs Away

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A history of the world's most dangerous weapon

A War Never Known

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A candid look at a brutal war

Culture Shock

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A thoughtful meditation on East and West

An Arresting Look at Race

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A Harvard law professor explores Gates-gate

Breaking the Rules

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Taking on the foreign policy elite

Interviews

Gordon Brown

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The former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on the global economy

Margaret Spellings

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On reforming education and holding schools accountable

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