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A Theme for a Troubled Academic Year

Shampa Biswas describes why her college focused on race, violence and health as an organizing framework throughout 2020-21 and highlights some of the important educational benefits.
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Decoding Data Security

Student Kyra O’Connor offers perspective on privacy policies, data collection and the university’s role in cybersecurity.
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Thwarting Student Cheating on Online Apps

Online communication applications are giving students another method to cheat, writes Jonathan M. Golding, who offers six strategies to help deter at least some of the misconduct.
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Is Cheating a Problem at Your Institution? Spoiler Alert: It Is

David Rettinger and Kate McConnell offer five ways colleges and universities can promote academic integrity not as a bludgeon to punish students but as a set of educationally necessary actions that lead to authentic learning.
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The Trouble With Distorted Histories

The argument that it’s a violation of medical ethics to make vaccines mandatory for students and faculty is highly questionable, argue Cora Olson, Ashley Shew, Miranda Fleck and Chiara Tartaglino.
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Privacy Opt-Out May Lead to Inequities

Rushing to provide opt-out mechanisms may be hurting rather than protecting students, writes Christopher Brooks, who teaches in a school of information.
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Ethical College Admissions: Does ‘U.S. News’ Trust, but Not Verify?

Some figures in the new rankings intrigued Jim Jump -- so he checked up on the magazine.
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Simplify, Simplify

Scott McLemee reviews A Philosophy of Simple Living by Jérôme Brillaud.