Andrew Delbanco teaches American literature at Columbia. His new book, "College: What It Was, Is and Should Be," will be published next spring. Updated August 29, 2011, 5:13 PM The trouble with the ...

A week or two ago, my social-media feeds featured a bunch of re-shares of an article headlined "Scientists have outlined an 8-page plan to fix what's wrong with science." The plan in question is "A ...

As you may have figured out from the focus of my ongoing blog, my book and my previous research, critical thinking (CT) is my specialty area of research. However, perhaps something that I don’t ...

This is a long-running project investigating how split-case-marking systems develop in children acquiring languages that have such systems. Both Tamil and Hindi exhibit so-called 'split-accusativity' ...

Resolving arguments instead of avoiding them can significantly improve your health. Source: Photo by Daniel Fazio at Unsplash It may feel more comfortable, at least temporarily, to avoid an argument ...