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Dropping the N-Word in College Classrooms
Institutions should consider developing guidelines to address the main objections to doing so, argues Ruth A. Starkman.
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What About the Other 85 Percent?
We understand the "new normal" for students living on campuses this fall during the pandemic, Barbara Jacoby writes, but what about all those who are commuters?
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A Key Step Toward Safety This Fall
Colleges should provide free flu shots to all faculty, staff and students and consider making vaccination mandatory for those who want to return to campus, Nancy Kass and Jonathan Links write.
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The Crucial Need for Public Service Scientists
It’s never been a more important time for colleges to encourage STEM experts to participate in the policy-making arena, write Jennifer Pearl and Ali Nouri.
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Snapchat, Instagram and Other Unexpected Guests in Class
Kevin Dougherty and Jesse DeDeyne documented how students used their cellphones during a sociology class last fall (spoiler: texting friends and checking Snapchat) and discuss how they'll change their teaching in response.
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5 Reasons to Support Student Debt Cancellation
The student loan crisis, like the pandemic, disproportionately affects certain communities, so equity advocates should champion ways to lift the burden, argue Tiffany Jones and Victoria Jackson.
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The Ethics of Reopening
The Reverend Dennis H. Holtschneider explores the numerous thorny issues that leaders and members of college communities will confront.
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5 Bigger and Better Ideas for Fall 2020
It's time for campus leaders to start generating more innovative options for fall 2020, which means considering some wilder ideas, argues José Antonio Bowen, who offers some suggestions.