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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Overview (, 70 KB, 2pp)

Quality in Instruction

  Nothing Without Joy: A Parable of Learning (, 196 KB, 10pp)

  Eros and Education: The Role of Desire in Teaching and Learning (, 201 KB, 14pp)

Plato's Premise: Fostering Student Autonomy (, 128 KB, 8pp)

Exploring the Unfamiliar: How to Reclaim the Joy of Learning (, 202 KB, 10pp)

Bringing Down the Fire: Writing With Emotion (, 183 KB, 11pp)

Educational Reform: Why the Academy Doesn't Change (, 243 KB, 12pp)

Issues in the Profession

  The Mysterious Territory of Distance Learning (, 234 KB, 14pp)

The Best of Times, The Worst of Times: American Higher Education in the 21st Century (, 212 KB, 12pp)

National Implications of Local Union Activity (, 184 KB, 12pp)

Treadmill to Oblivion?: The Coming Conflict Over Academic Workload (, 183 KB, 14pp)

Confessions of a 'Mad Dog' Grievance Representative (, 135 KB, 6pp)

Ex-Patriots: The Effects of Anti-Terrorism Legislation (, 185 KB, 9pp)

Lessons From a Five-Year Diet of Tenure Lite (, 133 KB, 9pp)

Reviews

Getting an Early Start (, 63 KB, 4pp)
A Review of Access to Success in the Urban High School: The Middle College Movement

Condemned to Repeat the Past (, 60 KB, 4pp)
A Review of Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts: Charting the Future of Teaching the Past

Correspondence

Letters to the Editor (, 78 KB, 2pp)

  Denotes Excellence in the Academy Award winning essays.

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