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Heard at a Workforce Development Conference

If anyone is casting about for an explanation as to why people in their 20s are proving amenable to radical politics, this seems like a good place to start.

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Is Burnout Just What Work Is Now?

Burnout has become a workplace buzzword, but we rarely talk about the culture that normalizes it, or what to do to change it.

 

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Friday Fragments: Connecting the Dots

The presidents provosts and deans want; hunting for a job in a low-hire, low-fire economy; and reflections on the midterms.

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(Why) Tenure Matters

This month’s column concludes our opening discussion of tenure by explaining why it matters to academics and nonacademics alike – and why even tenure has limits.

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Urgent Agenda Item for Democrats: Save the U.S. Department of Education

Democrats must protect vital Education Department functions when they retake control of Congress in January.

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Hope for What’s Possible

As the country processes historic midterm results, higher ed has a chance to rebuild trust across political lines.

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The Value of the Fine Arts in the Age of AI

Are the things our bot friends will never be able to replace what we should be teaching students?