Preamble Playing with Fire By Lewis H. Lapham The framework of American education holds fast to the ardent but mistaken belief that education is a commodity, the stuff that one pours into empty vessels. More
Essay Catch and Release By D. Graham Burnett A history of pedagogical practices in the classroom and in the field. More
Essay Portraits of the Artist By Howard Singerman If today there is no longer any particular set of skills that must be learned in order for one to make art, how does one become an artist? More
Essay Escape from the Ivory Tower By April Bernard Having a PhD may have nothing to do with loving literature and being able to teach it well. More
Essay Academic Virtue By Stanley Fish What is the job of higher education and what is it that those who teach in colleges and universities are trained and paid to do? More
