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Nicholas Lemann

Apr 15

Three Radical Proposals for a Broken College Admissions Process

The problem is that most high school kids have very limited experience and a narrow frame of reference. Asking them what they want in a college is asking the wrong question. How can we ask a high school student who has never been in a classroom with more than 35 students how she feels about large lecture classes? Or Greek life? Or what major they want to pursue? (Seventy percent of college students change their major after declaring one; almost 50 percent change their majors twice.)
By Steve Cohen
Nov 27

Columbia University Press Celebrates The Art of Making Magazines

If you came to New York expecting book parties to be tame, dignified affairs held in dusty university clubs, where
By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
Oct 10

Departing Columbia J School Dean Nick Lemann is Looking Forward to Some Time Off

Columbia Journalism School Dean Nicholas Lemann announced he is leaving his post via email this morning. Deanships come in five year
By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
Feb 12

Off the Record

By Michael Calderone
Ramo. (Patrick McMullan)
Oct 16

Sequel to the Civil War, With Resonance Today

By Alexander Rose
Jul 3

Hampered by His Own Irony, Bing Misses a Fat Target

By Max Abelson
Apr 27

Kaavya, the New Jews, and the Serial Meritocracy

By Observer Staff
Oct 24

Did Lee Bollinger Abandon Commitment To Columbia’s Culture?

By Jason Horowitz
Oct 24

Did Lee Bollinger Abandon Commitment To Columbia’s Culture?

By Jason Horowitz
Dec 6

Off the Record

By Gabriel Sherman
Mark Arbeit, George Holz and Just Loomis. Stil from 'Three Boys from Pasadena,' 2012. (Courtesy Nowness.com)
Jul 21

‘Bye, Meritocracy! O’Connor’s Opinion

By Philip Weiss
Apr 28

Nicholas Lemann And the Columbia J-School

By NYO Staff
Nov 18

J-School A-Team Spinning Wheels in Dinner Summit

By Sridhar Pappu
Oct 9

Talk Just Can’t Put Its Money Where Its Mouth Is

By Gabriel Snyder
Sep 27

A Multiple-Choice Elite: Scoring the S.A.T. Tyranny

By Richard Sennett
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