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Starting Off Right With the Syllabus

We can create more engaging and inspiring ways to begin a class, write Cathy N. Davidson and Christina Katopodis, who provide some concrete ideas for how to do so.
Opinion

Online Does Not Mean Isolated

And in person may not mean connected: Maha Bali, George Station and Mia Zamora discuss building community in an online conference or professional development series.

School Starts With a Strike at American University

Unionized staff at the D.C. university went on strike Monday after contract negotiations reached an impasse. Strikers say stagnant wages have made retention difficult and living in the city infeasible.

Backlash to Dr. Leana Wen Talk on Backlash

Members object to American Public Health Association’s speaker invite to Dr. Leana Wen, revealing deep divisions in the field over the COVID-19 response.

Presentism, Race and Trolls

History column leads to lockdown of American Historical Association’s Twitter account. What happened?

Pressure Over Trans Activist

U of California, Santa Cruz, faces online mobbing over a trans student’s controversial activism.
Opinion

‘Professor of Apocalypse’

Scott McLemee reviews Jerry Z. Muller’s Professor of Apocalypse: The Many Lives of Jacob Taubes.

New Programs: Computer Science, International Security, Actuarial Science, Education

Clarke University has reinstated its bachelor of science in computer science. George Mason University is starting a B.A. in international...