Career Advice 20260903

It’s not just the federal government that’s telling grad students their work doesn’t matter.

By Lauren Chambers and JP Flores

A recent Inside Higher Ed interview describes in unusually candid terms an increasingly popular—and problematic—view of the president’s role.

By Judith Wilde

Discipline, not intervention, defines strong boards.

By Denise Williams Mallett

Also this month: Several unions are entering mediation to hopefully wrap up monthslong bargaining efforts, and Auburn University faculty begin to formalize their pushback to recent policy overhauls.

Duke is the latest university to announce plans to shut off access to alumni email addresses amid rising technology costs and cybersecurity threats. But scores of alumni feel betrayed by their alma mater, which promised the service for a lifetime.