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April 5, 2019
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End the college waitlist.
Annabelle Timsit in Quartz
The problem with nostalgia.
Michael Musto in Longreads
If the humanities embrace our technological future, computing will make scholarship stronger.
Ted Underwood in the Chronicle of Higher Education
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Ryan Cooper in the Week
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