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Don’t Only Call Us in a Crisis
Too many college leaders look to their student affairs offices only when something goes wrong. They can help the institutions be more successful, too, writes Kevin Kruger.
Marketing Lessons From Sweet Briar
Robert M. Moore writes that it's never been more important for colleges to look at what the research says about strategies and enrollment trends.
'Call Me Dr. ______'
A young black female academic notices that students call her colleagues Doctor or Professor, but she is addressed by her first name. Kerry Ann Rockquemore reviews her options.
Free American History!
Walt Whitman thought Americans needed free, authoritative textbooks. Scott McLemee interviews two historians who've answered that call for undergrads.
New Model of Tenure
Multiyear contracts and better wages go only so far in helping adjuncts, writes Michael Bérubé. And the current tenure system won't be opened up to them, so he argues that it's time for a new kind of tenure.
Closing With Grace
Alice Brown writes that, sometimes, keeping a college open at any cost is not the best thing for the institution or its students.
Beyond Critical Thinking
There’s a better phrase for what liberal arts colleges should be inculcating in students, R. Owen Williams argues: constructive thinking.
Sweet Briar Memories
Jane Stancill reflects on what she valued about the college, the closure of which was announced this week, and why she left.