Academe Today

The Intersectionality Wars

The term has gone viral. But what does it mean?

Graduate Students

Yale Grad Students’ Fast Ends: What Did It Achieve?

Protesters drew attention to labor conditions on the campus and their struggle to get administrators to bargain with their union. But the university still refuses to come to the table.

The Ticker

What Trump’s Proposed 2018 Budget Would Mean for Higher Ed

A number of student-aid programs would be eliminated, the NIH and NSF would suffer major cuts, and the arts and humanities endowments would be phased out. But the plan may change significantly in Congress.

Race on Campus

Bowie State Sends Hundreds of Graduates Out Into the World, and Mourns Another

A week of celebration turned to sadness at a historically black college after a ROTC cadet was slain in a possibly racist attack.

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First Person

Foodnotes: Women’s Food Studies 101

Yes, I like to bake, and I’m a food historian. What of it?

Lingua Franca

Dracula, Strunk, and Correct English Usage

One of the authors of The Elements of Style might have learned a thing or two had he read Bram Stoker, says Geoff Pullum.

Vitae

Tread Carefully With the Socratic Method

In these hypersensitive times, students don’t always understand the concept of devil’s advocate.