How Did Students Become Academically Adrift?
"Academically Adrift," a new book on the failures of higher education, finds that undergrads don't study, and professors don't make them.
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Derek Bok on Fixing College Failure
Harvard University President Emeritus Derek Bok says college professors don't challenge their students because they don't know how.
David Onek — Law Enforcement Facilitator
David Onek works to bring together stakeholders in the criminal justice system who often agree — usually without knowing they do.
Life in Prison Begins at 16
The PBS documentary "Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story" asks the question: Who is responsible when family and society so fail a promising child that she turns to prostitution and murder in her teens?
Your Brain: A User’s Guide
New books "Self Comes to Mind" and "On Second Thought" examine the origins of consciousness, and the unconscious pulls that influence our behavior.
The Ultra-Imperial Presidency
Yale's Bruce Ackerman, a constitutional scholar, warns that unilateralism in the "most dangerous branch" of government is setting the stage for a tragic future.
Welfare Reform Failing Poor Single Mothers
"Stretched Thin," "Both Hands Tied," and "The War on Welfare" are three new books that highlight welfare reform's failure to address the enduring poverty of single mothers and their children.
Mountaintop-Removal Coal Mining Hits ‘Deep Down’
PBS documentary "Deep Down" looks at a cordial, intense dispute over mountaintop-removal coal mining in Appalachia.
World Press Photos in Focus
Ready for a close-up: The year in award-winning photojournalism presented by the World Press Photo Exhibition.
What We Miss When We Obsess Over Obesity
Social epidemiologist Paula Lantz reveals what actually leads to premature deaths among Americans. Obesity? No. Poverty? Yes.