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Redefining What We Mean by Equitable AI

Higher ed has an important role to play in pushing for a broader understanding of equitable AI, Meacie Fairfax writes.

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Scapegoating DEI: Silence Is Complicity

President Trump’s attacks on DEI are damaging and dehumanizing, DeRionne P. Pollard writes.

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Leaders in the Foxhole

Holden Thorp writes that the public response from college presidents to the Trump administration’s orders has been quiet so far—but he expects that to change.

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Against the Assessment Regime

Our approach to assessment not only distracts from good teaching—it can even distort educational goals, Patrick J. Casey argues.

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The Panopticon, Old and New

Scott McLemee considers the panopticon’s persistence in (semi-)popular culture as an inescapable metaphor.

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New Frontiers for Neutrality: Academic Unions

Academic unions should refrain from political statements that do not pertain directly to the mission of promoting labor interests, Colleen P. Eren writes.

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We Need New Ways to Protect Academic Freedom

Protecting professors from university discipline for their extramural speech is necessary, but no longer sufficient, Austin Sarat writes.

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Teaching Well Is Harder Now

Reflecting on her first 20 years in the classroom, Rebecca Vidra identifies six key ways students and their needs have changed.