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With proposed TPS changes, Biden admin overreached (opinion)

By: Virginia Foxx β€” April 7th 2023 at 07:00
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Proposed changes to the Education Department’s definition of third-party servicers would stifle innovation and increase costs to colleges and students, Representative Virginia Foxx writes.

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Rural academics are forced to code-switch (opinion)

By: Anonymous β€” April 7th 2023 at 07:00
Rolling farmland in rural Wisconsin.

In devaluing rural identities and language, higher ed alienates rural communities, Samantha Nousak and Sarah D.Β C. Harvey write.

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Depression on College Campuses conference: Insights and actions (opinion)

By: Rachel Goldsmith Turow β€” April 6th 2023 at 07:00
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Psychologist Rachel Goldsmith Turow recaps challenges and ideas for supporting students that came out of the 2023 Depression on College Campuses conference.

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Don't buy in to the myth: college is the real world (opinion)

By: Karen E. Spierling β€” April 6th 2023 at 07:00
A seal that reads "Welcome to the Real World."

The myth that colleges somehow exist apart from the β€œreal world” lies at the center of the many challenges facing higher ed today, Karen E. Spierling writes.

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Why we need applied humanities approaches (opinion)

By: Kathryn Strong Hansen β€” April 5th 2023 at 07:00
A close-up picture of a hand holding a magnifying glass over the word "Humanities." The word stands out as magnified against a sea of other words.

Applied humanities courses or modules have much to offer students studying STEM, Kathryn Strong Hansen writes.

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Community college leaders must defend DEI (opinion)

By: Steve Robinson β€” April 4th 2023 at 07:00
The words "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion" against an orange background.

Community college leaders can’t sit on the sidelines, for three important reasons, Steve Robinson writes.

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A better way to address revenue sharing and online marketing (letter)

By: Anonymous β€” April 4th 2023 at 07:00
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The Education Department is right to try to regulate third-party providers and curtail online marketing, but there’s a simpler, more transparent way to do it, James DeVaney and John Katzman write.

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The case for Luddism against ChatGPT (opinion)

By: Patrick Luiz Sullivan De Oliveira β€” April 3rd 2023 at 07:00
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By resisting this technology, we retain autonomy as educators, Patrick Luiz Sullivan De Oliveira writes.

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Why Israel's universities stood up for democracy (opinion)

By: Ron Robin β€” March 31st 2023 at 07:00
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University of Haifa president Ron Robin explains why the country’s research universities went on strike to protest legislation that would overhaul the judiciary.

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Practices to create a more gender-inclusive campus (opinion)

By: Jamie MaKinster β€” March 31st 2023 at 07:00
A drawing of a waving transgender pride flag. The flag has five horizontal stripes: blue above pink above white above pink above blue again.

Reflecting on the existential challenge of being transgender, Jamie MaKinster offers suggestions for inclusive campus policies and practices around gendered language.

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Parroting romanticized myths about English and humanities (letter)

By: Letters to the Editor β€” March 24th 2023 at 12:56

English professors shouldn't repeatΒ romanticized myths about the state of their field.Β 

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Review of David Hellerstein's book on history of psychiatry

By: Scott McLemee β€” March 24th 2023 at 07:00
Book jacket for David Hellerstein's 'The Couch, the Clinic, and the Scanner: Stories from Three Revolutionary Eras of the Mind.'

Scott McLemee reviews David Hellerstein’s The Couch, the Clinic, and the Scanner: Stories From Three Revolutionary Eras of the Mind.

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Why a college president wears Chuck Taylors (opinion)

By: Keith Curry β€” March 23rd 2023 at 07:00
A man in academic regalia faces away from the camera, with a crowd of commencement guests in the background (in front of him).

Community college president Keith Curry writes that his choice of professional footwear helps him better connect with students and advocate on their behalf as his authentic self.

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AI policy advice for administrators and faculty (opinion)

By: Anonymous β€” March 22nd 2023 at 07:00
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Administrators and faculty should respond to the rise of AI with speed, strategic purpose and an inclusive focus on equitable student value, Daniel Dolan and Ekin Yasin write.

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How AI is shaping the future of higher ed (opinion)

By: M’hammed Abdous β€” March 22nd 2023 at 07:00
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M’hammed Abdous considers the myriad ways artificial intelligence is transforming higher education’s administrative, teaching and research practices.

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A teamwork approach to longitudinal research in a premed program (opinion)

By: Anonymous β€” March 21st 2023 at 07:00
An overhead shot shows a team of medical professionals working on laptops at a shared table.

Changes to a clinical research course made due to COVID shutdowns became permanent when the benefits of the new approach became clear.

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It may be time to rethink the college minor (opinion)

By: Anonymous β€” March 21st 2023 at 07:00
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Colleges could consider replacing or complementing the college minor with industry certification programs, Matthew J. Mayhew, Emily Creamer and Susannah Townsend write.

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Academic freedom policies should mean something (opinion)

By: Anonymous β€” March 20th 2023 at 07:00
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Courts, policy makers and research funders should demand truth in advertising when it comes to institutional commitments to academic freedom, Neal H. Hutchens and Frank Fernandez write.

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Librarians should stand with the Internet Archive (opinion)

By: Anonymous β€” March 17th 2023 at 07:00
An illustration of three rows of physical bookshelves emerging from a laptop screen.

A lawsuit against the Internet Archive threatens the most significant specialized library to emerge in decades, say a group of current and former university librarians.

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How to recover from pandemic learning loss (opinion)

By: G. Gabrielle Starr β€” March 16th 2023 at 07:00
A sketch depicting the concept of experiential learning.

To address pandemic learning loss, schools and colleges must fundamentally rethink education, shifting to experiential, interactive learning, G. Gabrielle Starr writes.

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