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The Rise of the Promotional Intellectual

So you’re on Twitter. That doesn’t make you a public intellectual.

From the Archives

How Intellectuals Create a Public

They offer arguments that produce and galvanize new audiences.

Administration

How Colleges Are Sparing Birds’ Lives and Conserving Energy

Campus planners and students work together to encourage the use of new window technologies that prevent winged creatures from smashing into glass-facade buildings.

Politics

Here’s How Colleges Can Get More Involved in Elections — and Not Just in the Midterms

A new report from the Institute for Democracy & Higher Education at Tufts University offers recommendations on teaching civic engagement in a time of political discord.

Faculty

What’s a 9-Letter Word for ‘King of CrossWorld’?

Michael Sharp, a Binghamton University instructor, has spent the last 12 years blogging about crosswords to a devoted following. His site now looks retro, but it's facing all the debates and dilemmas of the modern internet.

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Commentary

How a Successful Presidency Failed, One Day at a Time

The downfall of USC’s president seemed sudden, but a campus culture shaped by poor top-down communication and a lack of trust inexorably led to it.

Lingua Franca

Just How Many Collarbones Do You Have?

Ben Yagoda describes grammatical situations where it might be difficult to pick between two choices. Can readers supply more?