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Quanta’s Thomas Lin Trusts the Public Can Handle Complex Ideas
The founding editor built a math and science magazine that high schoolers and Nobel laureates alike read. Now, he’s turned to books.
That Same Ol’ Authoritarian Playbook
Throughout history, autocrats have gone after higher ed finances to control institutions’ culture.
Reading the Rules for Rule Makers, Part 1
Conflating academic freedom with perceived viewpoint diversity: such a fundamental category error as to imply bad faith.
Mattering in a System That Doesn’t Always Make You Feel That Way
Jennifer Breheny Wallace, author of Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose, answers questions about what it means to matter and how to build it into the way we lead students, teams and ourselves.
Academics Are Workers
Tenure can be confusing, even for those who have it. Here’s why academia’s most unique work practice is—and isn’t—so special.
Set the World on Fire
As AI reshapes higher ed, could teaching students how to be good human beings save it?