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Going Independent

How can Ph.D.s decide if a freelance or independent consultant path is right for them? Jessica Taylor and Desiree Barron-Callaci offer insight.

By Jessica Taylor and Desiree Barron-Callaci

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Is Beauty a Lost Art?

Is aesthetic value vanishing from everyday life?

By Steven Mintz

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Anti-DEI Rhetoric Does Not Equal Legal Reality

The anti-DEI movement sounds like a row of cannons, but its legal attack is a rifle shot based on one provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Dan Currell writes.

By Dan Currell

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Making Sense of Social Security

Timing is critical in deciding when to draw Social Security benefits, Alexander Aldrich writes.

By Alexander Aldrich

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What If 2% of a Harvard Gift Went to an HBCU?

With higher ed facing a hostile political climate, rich colleges should share their wealth with needier institutions, Eric Weinberger writes.

By Eric Weinberger

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Sacrifice’s Enduring Logic

Unmasking the persistence of the sacrificial impulse in contemporary society.

By Steven Mintz

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Peter Elbow Offered Us a Gift

Will we ever take it?

By John Warner

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Ed Data Goes Dark: Why It Matters

Cuts to the Institute of Education Sciences are part of an authoritarian playbook, Robert Ubell writes.

By Robert Ubell