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Don’t Romanticize Faculty Governance
We faculty members are capable of both intellectual rigor and self-serving small-mindedness, astounding courage and craven pettiness. We are and are not special, writes Kathryn D. Blanchard.
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Technology 1, ‘Credential Society’ 0
Randall Collins’s recently reissued 1979 book arguing that education and training are about credentialing rather than skills rings false in the digital age, Ryan Craig argues.
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The Problem With Diversity Questions
We would do well to replace them with more tangible queries about teaching and mentoring, argues Alex Small.
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Philosophers Should Not Be Sanctioned Over Their Positions on Sex and Gender
While the respect due to all people should never be compromised, academic freedom should be restricted only with the greatest caution, if ever, write 12 leading scholars.
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Ethical College Admissions: Chicago Declares Test Optional a Success
The policies deserve a careful look, writes Jim Jump.
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From Classroom to Underclass
Scott McLemee reviews Gary Roth's The Educated Underclass: Students and Social Mobility.
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It's Time for Term Limits
Boards of trustees at higher education institutions around the nation should be more diverse when it comes to generational representation, argues James L. Anderson.
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He Got It Half Right
Robert F. Smith's generous gift to Morehouse College graduates was certainly important and groundbreaking, but many deserving students don't even make it to graduation, writes Elwood L. Robinson.