Academia

Writing for change

Academia must never lose sight of education's practical purpose.

By Tsering Lama | Mar 27 08:17 pm ET

Writing the beast

Achieving good writing may or may not involve the elimination of jargon.

By Esfandyar Batmanghelidj | Mar 27 08:04 pm ET

Columbia and the common man

Columbia needs to strike a balance between academic rigor and public accessibility.

By Derek Turner | Mar 27 07:43 pm ET

The personal touch

Academia must treasure the personal and the human if it is to serve society.

By Nasser Hussain | Mar 27 07:37 pm ET

The academic dilemma

Restore undergraduate education to equal prominence in academic culture.

By William Deresiewicz | Feb 21 07:26 pm ET

Academia is the most slippery of slopes

Getting a Ph.D. is not the only way to continue learning.

By Angela Radulescu | Feb 16 10:02 pm ET

Vargas Llosa, Columbia, and I

It is always good to get advice from famous and brilliant writers. In my case, this person was the most important public figure and writer of my country. In Peru, we are proud of our food, our pisco, and our Mario Vargas Llosa. I like to think that he and I, together, decided my future.

By Sandra Belaunde | Apr 5 09:03 pm ET

Searching for certainty

Without getting into specifics, Columbia has destroyed, and continues to destroy, my last vestiges of academic certainty by introducing me to theory.

By Neil FitzPatrick | Feb 15 07:03 pm ET

Academics Find Lack of Professional Security

With a narrower range of job possibilities throughout the country, graduate and post graduate students are discovering that a Columbia degree or teaching position at the University does not guarantee

By Liza Weingarten | Feb 5 03:55 am ET

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