http://chronicle.com/section/Letters-to-the-Editor/56/ Opinion & Ideas :: Letters to the Editor Sun, 01 Aug 2010 01:49:53 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/123664/ http://chronicle.com/article/A-Sonnet-for-the-Tsunami-of/123664/ "What depths beneath that pane of glass may lie/The casual observer cannot see."

]]> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/123662/ http://chronicle.com/article/Publishing-Research-Data-Is/123662/ "The research enterprise would collapse if everyone attempted to only publish in such journals as 'Nature' and 'Science.'"

]]> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/123661/ http://chronicle.com/article/Wal-Mart-Should-Be-Praised-for/123661/ "Wal-Mart's efforts to bring higher education to employees should be applauded, especially if the company is paying the tuition for employees.,"

]]> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/66158/ http://chronicle.com/article/YouYour-E-Readers/66158/ Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/66227/ http://chronicle.com/article/In-an-Opinion-by-Justice/66227/ The Virginia attorney general's "punitive fishing expedition" into the records of a scientist brings to mind an opinion by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes.

]]> Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/66235/ http://chronicle.com/article/Are-Students-Right-to-Expect/66235/ "I do hope that we as faculty members will not be held to implicit (or explicit) contracts with our 'customers' requiring us to test only what we cover in class."

]]> Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/66233/ http://chronicle.com/article/Academic-Prose-Mostly-Latin/66233/ "Standard academic English prose is mostly Latinate, but with some of its most important terms derived from Greek or Hebrew."

]]> Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/66125/ http://chronicle.com/article/Summer-School-Credits-Arent/66125/ "These are not 'fake' Harvard credits but rather courses that receive scrutiny at various levels and courses that offer Harvard College and other students special opportunities."

]]> Sun, 04 Jul 2010 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/66137/ http://chronicle.com/article/With-Help-Digital-Scholarship/66137/ "These steps are important given the complex combination of knowledge of both subject matter and technical approaches necessary to produce adequate reviewers of new digital scholarship."

]]> Sun, 04 Jul 2010 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/66138/ http://chronicle.com/article/Campuses-Are-Not-Testing/66138/ "A cumulative process ... creates a complex physical environment with a balance of shared and individual qualities."

]]> Sun, 04 Jul 2010 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/66139/ http://chronicle.com/article/At-Choice-Digital/66139/ "Every month 'Choice' publishes (in print and online) more than 600 brief critical reviews of scholarly resources, including (since 1997) Internet sites."

]]> Sun, 04 Jul 2010 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/66140/ http://chronicle.com/article/Many-Young-Scientists-Want-to/66140/ "We've also seen a hunger to connect with the public among some scientists, especially younger ones."

]]> Sun, 04 Jul 2010 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/66141/ http://chronicle.com/article/Tex-Bill-Is-an-Enormous/66141/ "How many 18- or 19-year-olds have the kind of experience and background knowledge to judge a university faculty member's teaching portfolio?"

]]> Sun, 04 Jul 2010 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/66142/ http://chronicle.com/article/Minority-Serving-Institutions/66142/ "Underfunded and understaffed institutions ... are subject to the same risks of error and misapplication of funds as major research institutions."

]]> Sun, 04 Jul 2010 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/66033/ http://chronicle.com/article/The-Yellow-Jacket-That-Came-to/66033/ "After the ceremony, we shared a laugh about the headlines that would have resulted if the yellow jacket had followed its instincts."

]]> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/66031/ http://chronicle.com/article/Welcome-to-Funsy-U-Where-the/66031/ "Welcome to Funsy U! Our mission is to make sure U have fun all the time!"

]]> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/66032/ http://chronicle.com/article/Scientists-Need-Humility-in/66032/ "The problem is not that scientists are too reticent about making grandiose statements. Quite the contrary."

]]> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/66049/ http://chronicle.com/article/Is-College-Health-Care-a/66049/ "The American College Health Association years ago recognized the limitations and flaws of the college health-insurance market."

]]> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/65982/ http://chronicle.com/article/Hartford-Seminarys-Program/65982/ "There is a great need for Muslim chaplains on college campuses both because of the increasing numbers of Muslim students and because of the increasing attention that Islam and its relationship with Christianity and Judaism are receiving."

]]> Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/65833/ http://chronicle.com/article/War-Between-Science-and/65833/ Sun, 13 Jun 2010 00:12:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/65887/ http://chronicle.com/article/OBriens-Colleagues-Say-She/65887/ "All of us who work with her know how Professor O'Brien exemplifies the Jesuit mission."

]]> Sun, 13 Jun 2010 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/65888/ http://chronicle.com/article/To-Graduate-Quickly-Heed-Your/65888/ "When a student does not follow through with advising information while transferring between three institutions, it is highly unlikely that a bachelor's degree will be earned in four or even six years."

]]> Sun, 13 Jun 2010 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/65889/ http://chronicle.com/article/Is-Education-Research-Group/65889/ "The AERA's political bias never has been a big secret."

]]> Sun, 13 Jun 2010 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/65782/ http://chronicle.com/article/United-Arab-Emirates-U-Plans/65782/ "A plan has been prepared for substantial enhancement of the university's already strong capabilities in education and research."

]]> Sun, 06 Jun 2010 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/65784/ http://chronicle.com/article/Credit-Transfer-Travails-Cost/65784/ "The present structure of transferring courses is broken and needs to be seriously scrutinized."

]]> Sun, 06 Jun 2010 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/65786/ http://chronicle.com/article/Southern-Students-Regularly/65786/ "The rural South is not a singular area in which racism is present."

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