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Good Editing Is Like Love (and Claudine Gets Me)
What AI can’t replace, but can sometimes approximate, is the kind of close editorial attention that makes writing better.
The Odd Couple: We Can’t All Be Gordon Gee
Rachel and Gordon chat about the university presidency.
Closures, Mergers and Marriages—Oh My!
Now, even in this profoundly divided time, some leaders are realizing their institutions can be better together.
The Odd Couple: Rachel Toor and Gordon Gee
Two small people with big mouths do a point-counterpoint on higher ed in a new column. Kinda like Gail Collins and Bret Stephens, Siskel and Ebert, and Jane Curtin and Dan Aykroyd. But funnier.
Classes Great and Terrible
When things go well, you can’t take too much credit, and when they fall apart, you can’t blame yourself. Or so I used to think.
What If We’re Wrong?
Can we in higher ed, the true “life-long learners,” think hard about what we’ve gotten wrong, admit our mistakes without shame and then change and adapt to the world we all now live in?
The Angry 8: On Faculty Senates
A reformed member of the faculty club no one should want to join weighs in on the beauty and ickiness of shared governance.
Is Higher Ed Broken?
As enrollments drop, costs rise and the public doesn’t trust us, we are in a world of hurt. Most institutions are still doing business as usual. But some are getting creative.