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A Case Against the STEM Rush
Lior Shamir, a computer scientist who's actively participated in efforts to increase participation in STEM fields, now wonders if she's been on the wrong side.
Contagious Skepticism
Scott McLemee reviews Bernice L. Hausman's Anti/Vax: Reframing the Vaccination Controversy.
Teaching Through the Doom
Christopher Schaberg and Ned Randolph, two New Orleans professors, reflect on teaching in precarious geographies, in precarious times.
‘Ground Control to Major Tom…’
William Kuskin discusses the early results from his institution's effort to pilot an at-scale affordable degree.
Curing Programmitis to Create Diverse Student Success
Transformational change -- a total restructuring -- is needed to disrupt embedded patterns and reorient campuses for a new student body, argues Adrianna Kezar.
The Limitations of Need-Blind Admissions
As much as finances should not matter in making an admissions decision, they should matter when we work to create an equitable and accessible educational experience, Lara Tiedens argues.
Ethical College Admissions: Harvard's Preferences
Jim Jump reviews a paper on how the university treats athletes, legacies and others.
Improved Grading Makes Classrooms More Equitable
While faculty members believe that their practices are fair and objective, a closer look reveals that they are anything but, argues Joe Feldman.