College admissions, beyond the No. 2 pencil

College admissions, beyond the No. 2 pencil is an opinion piece by Robert J. Sternberg (provost and senior vice president of Oklahoma State University) in today's Washington Post Outlook section about admissions tests to assess creative, analytical and practical skills and general wisdom. It is based on the author's theory of successful intelligence.

Sternberg has also written College Admissions for the 21st Century.

The Unwritten Laws of Engineering

The Unwritten Laws of Engineering by W. J. King was first published in 1944 as three articles in Mechanical Engineering magazine, which is excerpting laws from the book, presented in three articles just as in 1944, with comments from contemporary authorities.

Part 1: WHAT THE BEGINNER NEEDS TO LEARN AT ONCE

Part 2: RELATING CHIEFLY TO ENGINEERING MANAGERS

Academic Ostpolitik

Articles by and about Todd Hartch (a history professor at Eastern Kentucky University who wrote a letter opposing the university's decision to extend benefits to domestic partners akin to those available to married couples): Hartch's experience in his own words (from Public Discourse) and End Academic Ostpolitik (from First Thoughts).