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Risks and Costs in the Quest for Social Mobility through Higher Education
Confronting threats to higher education's social mission.
By Patricia McGuire

Recognizing the Reality of Working College Students
Minimizing the harm and maximizing the benefits of work.
By Laura W. Perna and Taylor K. Odle

Why I Go to Prison: A Teacher's Plea for (Societal) Clemency
Lessons from a prison educator.
By James Ferry

Data Snapshot: Graduate Students, Social Class, and Academia's Promise
Do graduate programs provide real upward mobility?
By Mathieu Dubeau and Riddhi Mehta-Neugebauer

Data Snapshot: Is Higher Education a Pipeline to the American Dream?
Big data can help universities improve social mobility.
By John N. Friedman

BOOK REVIEW

Academic Freedom under Threat
Keith E. Whittington reviews The Future of Academic Freedom by Henry Reichman and Knowledge, Power, and Academic Freedom by Joan Wallach Scott.

FROM THE ARCHIVES

Some Hints to Professors
A 1945 article offers advice about teaching World War II veterans.
By Edward C. McDonagh

FROM THE BLOG

Statement on the University of Wisconsin's Presidential Search
By the Committee on College and University Governance

Protect Your Intellectual Property
By Steve Buttes

Faculty Anti-Privatization Network Week of Action
By Monica Owens

Posters for Campus In-Equity Week and Beyond
By Caprice Lawless

Exclusion of NTT Faculty from Scholarly Research and Travel Funding
By Carolyn Betensky

Open Letter Concerning White Nationalism on the UNR Campus
By Emily K. Hobson and Jenna N. Hanchey