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By substituting diversity and inclusion rhetoric for transformative efforts to promote equity and justice, colleges have avoided recognizable institutional change, contends Dafina-Lazarus Stewart.

By Dafina-Lazarus Stewart

Online education has not yet proven to be the "disruptive" force many predicted because most colleges have used it to adapt rather than change their business models, Julia Freeland Fisher and Alana Dunagan argue.

By Alana Dunagan and Julia Freeland Fisher

The eminent New Yorker writer Joseph Mitchell profiled the greatest anthropologist in the world -- and his fans somehow forgot about it for decades. Scott McLemee reports from the scene of the excavation.

By Scott McLemee

We can talk about teaching and student success without cherry-picking anecdotes that demean those who populate our classrooms, argues Joshua Eyler.

By Joshua Eyler

Academic publishing is becoming more about establishing a pecking order and less about pursuing knowledge, argues Andrew J. Hoffman.

By Andrew J. Hoffman

When it comes to student success, “new” open resources ultimately do little more than further entrench an ineffective status quo, argues Robert S. Feldman.

By Robert S. Feldman

Should we intervene, a faculty member asks, when students automatically choose to join groups of their own race in the classroom?

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Most trustees come to the board table with no clue about what to expect. Cathy Trower and Peter Eckel examine the individual competencies they should have to improve how the board governs.

By Cathy Trower and Peter Eckel