Offers a view of Drama Education in Higher Education in Canada. Presents the reply in letter form. Discusses the complexity of the Canadian governmental and educational scene. (SG)

Suggests that in an era of excessive high-stakes testing and a blind embrace of "technicism," literacy not only matters, but may represent one of the last hopes to "salvage our already feeble democracy." Concludes that literacy matters if, and only if, it is viewed as a democratic right and as a human right. (SG)

Presents humorous, yet horrifying, ramifications of leveling students for reading instruction. Tells the story of an adult who is unable to buy books because the ones she wants are not at the appropriate "level." (SG)

Describes how, in a profile from the world of "tenure madness," a shoo-in at Brooklyn College almost got the boot instead. (EV)

Asserts that U.S. higher education has been broadly successful in serving its society in large part because colleges and universities were created under conditions of weakness, both academic and financial. Also explores the impact of the failure to establish a national university, as well as the ground-breaking decision of the Supreme Court in the…

Examines contradictory images of the student's role and childhood in general that appear in discourses concerning educational reform in Spain. Draws upon interviews with diverse participants in the politics of Spanish education that were conducted as part of a research project, also analyzing Spanish education politics since 1996. Discuses the…

Provides a mini-autoethnography of three institutional moments in which the author saw a set of conditions that invited him to speak or write as a gay academic to make political interventions in dominant culture. Explores three important issues that are often unacknowledged in everyday discussions of homosexuality: exposing heteronormativity as…

For 178 employees, perceptions of organizational politics were negatively related to manager assessments of employees' likelihood of staying. This association was true only for employees with moderate to strong exchange ideology (beliefs regarding workplace reciprocity). (Contains 45 references.) (SK)

Considers how theories of writing grounded in cultural studies and ethnographic writing have explicitly taken up questions of writing students' relations to cultures and communities outside the academy. Considers disciplinary influences in ethnographic writing. Discusses the reenvisioning of the politics of postmodern ethnography. (SG)

Outlines the beginnings of a political economy of the children's literature publishing industry. Focuses on the ways that changes in the ownership and structure of the industry are altering the underlying culture of the book publishing industry and concomitantly, the ways that books are conceived, commissioned, and marketed. (SG)

Examines the literacy myth: the belief that literacy can solve complex personal and social problems. Explores links between "literacy for life" and Dewey's concept of growth. Makes the case for a pragmatic middle ground between structural-functional and radical-transformative interpretations of adult literacy education. Presents a case…

A Romanian academic and politician reflects on the 3 years he served as Minister of National Education. He was mandated to undertake a massive and comprehensive reform of the Romanian education system, with the aim of removing the last vestiges of its communist heritage and adapting it to European Union norms. (EV)

Considers what is at stake in the debate about the political nature of law, why conservatives have been so much more successful in escaping the taboo against blurring the line between the two, and the "largely unfortunate" influence of the taboo on nonconservative academic work. (EV)

Analyzes the television series "Star Trek: The Next Generation." Theorizes the relationship between collective visions of the future and the identity politics of the present. Argues that "The Next Generation" invites audiences to participate in a shared sense of the future that constrains human agency and (re)produces the…

Examines two metaphors for considering a university's social organization: the "Army" metaphor, a geopolitical model of disciplines advancing the frontiers of knowledge; and the "Monastery" metaphor, a religious model of communities conserving cultures. Urges composition teachers to reflect on these opposing images and on how they affect the…