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8 Steps to Prepare for a Pandemic That’s Becoming Endemic
It’s time for colleges to rethink their plans for the spring semester, write David Wippman and Glenn C. Altschuler, who present a path that offers a balance between safety and normalcy.
Spring Action
Scott McLemee highlights more books upcoming in the new year, with a focus on the pandemic.
What Are They Thinking?
Kate Queeney, a professor and former college trustee, offers advice on how—and why—to understand the businesspeople on your board.
Keeping Academic Integrity at the Forefront of Higher Education
Marquette’s president reflects on how and why the university guides students toward a moral future.
How to Help Students Develop ‘Mental Immunity’
Colleges should educate students about toxic stress, the lasting effects of the pandemic and how to ameliorate the impact of those experiences on their learning, Mays Imad and her students write.
Reckoning With the Chilling Effect of New State Laws
Why isn’t the American higher education community, Terri Taylor asks, talking more—indeed, doing more—about this broad assault on academic freedom?
The First Amendment, Social Media and College Admissions
Frank LoMonte asks why so many admissions officers look at applicants’ social media posts and factor what they find into decisions.
3 Reasons Why Tenure Remains Indispensable
Attempts to limit or abolish it are again on the rise, and if they succeed, students and society—not just faculty members—will pay the price, David Wippman and Glenn C. Altschuler argue.