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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.