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Video of Richard B. Spencer's recent speech -- in which supporters gave Nazi salute -- draws attention to alt-right leader. His plan to visit Texas A&M has set off a debate.
Two Jewish professors on different campuses are harassed with anti-Semitic threats -- at a time when swastikas have appeared at a number of institutions.
Salem State invited artists to create works inspired by election. Several paintings, created by critics of Trump, were intended to draw attention to oppression. But minority students were offended -- and university shuttered exhibit.
Some doctorate earners emerge with high levels of debt, while a growing number have none. For a plurality, teaching assistantships are top source of revenue, but that's not the case for most other disciplines.
Betsy DeVos has led Michigan GOP and organizations pushing for school choice, but her views on higher education are largely unknown.
Within NSF’s rankings of top 25 institutions in R&D expenditures, 14 institutions are up at least one spot, while six are down at least a notch.

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The distress that students now feel over the election of Trump runs deeper than fear of what the administration plans to do, argues Mark Bauerlein. It signifies the fall of the diversity-sensitive propriety that has guided much of their lives.

Career Advice

How and when you express yourself and your beliefs in the workplace is as personal as the beliefs themselves, writes Stephanie K. Eberle, and you should be intentional about it.

Blogs

Confessions of a Community College Dean

November 27, 2016
Perhaps a badge of honor.  

Technology and Learning

November 27, 2016
Dystopian near future science fiction that hits this edtech optimist a bit too close to home.

Digital Tweed

November 27, 2016
In higher education as elsewhere, we often limit the public discussion about infrastructure to the things we buy (technology), build (offices, labs, and libraries) or need to update (plumbing, power, and networks).  Yet our people are a critical, if often overlooked, part of the essential infrastructure in higher education.

The World View

November 27, 2016
In the Erasmus Impact Study, 88% of the UK (!) Erasmus people feel very European and 84% have a positive attitude towards Europe compared to 62% of the non-mobile UK students.

Just Visiting

November 25, 2016
It's the work of someone who's looking for something to believe in and probably hasn't found it.

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