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‘Did I Insult Them?’
A chemistry instructor at the University of California, San Diego, interrupted class last week to malign “Mexican” campus workers. He’s now suspended for the term, but this hasn’t satisfied everyone—if anyone.
Opinion
Should Professors Need a License to Teach?
Susan N. Kahn calls for higher standards for entry into college and university teaching.
Oil Money Undermines Academic Autonomy
Universities should ban fossil fuel industry funding for research on climate change and energy, Jake Lowe and Connor Chung write.
Representation Matters
A proposed bylaw change as to how UVA selects faculty board reps reveals lingering mistrust between campus constituencies.
‘The Black Family’s Guide to College Admissions’
Authors discuss their new book on how Black students and their families should navigate their choices on where to go to college.
Critical Reading Skills: An Urgent Challenge
A focus on improving students’ critical reading skills, while essential, is missing from many conversations about student success, Alice S. Horning writes.
Entangled and Enchanted
Scott McLemee reviews Kay Harel’s Darwin’s Love of Life: A Singular Case of Biophilia.
Shattered
A professor’s murder at the University of Arizona, apparently by a former student, raises urgent concerns about campus safety. He wasn’t the first professor killed at work, either.