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With proposed TPS changes, Biden admin overreached (opinion)

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Proposed changes to the Education Departmentโ€™s definition of third-party servicers would stifle innovation and increase costs to colleges and students, Representative Virginia Foxx writes.

Rural academics are forced to code-switch (opinion)

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

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

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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.

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

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

Why we need applied humanities approaches (opinion)

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

Community college leaders must defend DEI (opinion)

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Community college leaders canโ€™t sit on the sidelines, for three important reasons, Steve Robinson writes.

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

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The Education Department is right to try to regulate third-party providers and curtail online marketing, but thereโ€™s a simpler, more transparent way to do it, James DeVaney and John Katzman write.

The case for Luddism against ChatGPT (opinion)

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By resisting this technology, we retain autonomy as educators, Patrick Luiz Sullivan De Oliveira writes.

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

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University of Haifa president Ron Robin explains why the countryโ€™s research universities went on strike to protest legislation that would overhaul the judiciary.

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

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

Parroting romanticized myths about English and humanities (letter)

English professors shouldn't repeatย romanticized myths about the state of their field.ย 

Review of David Hellerstein's book on history of psychiatry

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

Why a college president wears Chuck Taylors (opinion)

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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.

AI policy advice for administrators and faculty (opinion)

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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.

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

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Mโ€™hammed Abdous considers the myriad ways artificial intelligence is transforming higher educationโ€™s administrative, teaching and research practices.

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

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

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

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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.

Academic freedom policies should mean something (opinion)

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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.

Librarians should stand with the Internet Archive (opinion)

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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.

How to recover from pandemic learning loss (opinion)

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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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