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The Panopticon, Old and New
Scott McLemee considers the panopticon’s persistence in (semi-)popular culture as an inescapable metaphor.
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.
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.
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.
Did the Ivy League Really Break America?
Jim Jump doesn’t buy David Brooks’s critique of the “meritocracy” but writes that his argument merits consideration nevertheless.
At CSU, Orwell Meets Safetyism
California State University’s new draft policy for handling “other conduct of concern” is deeply, well, concerning, Peter C. Herman writes.
An Even Better Framing: The Student as Citizen
Not customers, and not clients, either—reclaiming a vision of students as citizens points to a way forward for higher ed, Christine M. Nowik writes.
SMU Picked a Good Leader, so Why Am I Worried?
Jay Hartzell’s planned move from the UT Austin presidency to Southern Methodist demands attention from all who care about public higher ed, Michael S. Harris writes.