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A collection of book jackets for the books discussed in the accompanying review.
Opinion
Views Intellectual Affairs

Politics and Beyond

Scott McLemee looks ahead to university press releases forthcoming this spring. 

By Scott McLemee

Opinion
Columns Higher Ed Gamma

The War on College Campuses

The university’s role in a society at war with itself.

By Steven Mintz

Quit: The power of knowing when to walk away by Annie Duke
Opinion
Columns Learning Innovation

‘Quit’ Academia

Academic careers, graduate programs and the power of knowing when to walk away.

By Joshua Kim

Hand holds up a book that serves as a bridge over a large gap between two rocks over which people carrying briefcases walk
Opinion
Career Advice

Enhancing the Faculty Role in Student Career Readiness

Embedding career learning in the classroom is the most effective way to reach and expand opportunities to all students, write Karrin E. Wilks and Niesha Ziehmke.

By Karrin E. Wilks and Niesha Ziehmke

A graphic depicting a passage from the model General Education Act that reads “As the faculty and teaching duties of the School of General Education increase in size, the university shall reduce faculty in divisions outside the School of General Education to a corresponding degree, through program discontinuance or substantial curtailment, as deemed necessary by the {governing board}.”
Opinion
Views

The Right-Wing Attack on Academia, With a Totalitarian Twist

New model legislation, ostensibly meant to overhaul general education, proposes a radical assault on faculty and academic freedom, John K. Wilson writes.

By John K. Wilson

Opinion
Columns Higher Ed Gamma

Can You Grade Essays Better Than an Auto-Grader?

In too many instances, the answer is no.

By Steven Mintz

Young man with briefcase stands on a long white road that leads to the horizon, as if embarking on a journey
Opinion
Career Advice

Navigating the First Years of a Ph.D. Program

If you’re about to enroll as a doctoral student or considering it, S. Mohsen Fatemi offers detailed advice on how to have the most positive experience.

By S. Mohsen Fatemi

The cover of Wealth, Cost & Price by Bruce Kimball and Sarah Iler
Opinion
Columns Learning Innovation

‘Wealth, Cost & Price’ and the Future of Elite Higher Education

Endowments, status and history of postsecondary economics.

By Joshua Kim