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3 Reasons Why ‘Silo’ Is Really a Critique of Academic Culture
How Apple TV+’s dystopian series, based on novels by Hugh Howey, is, in reality, a parable of higher education.
No, There’s No Free Speech Crisis
The “speech crisis” narrative is incorrect, even as it risks becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy—and even as lawmakers use it to hammer higher ed, Elizabeth Niehaus writes.
Academic Hybrid Positions and the F Word
As administrative scholars become more prominent across campuses, who should be considered capital-F Faculty, Chelsea Brislin asks, and what opportunities should be extended to them?
Reverse the Transfer Slide
Three ways we can reimagine community college transfer.
A Wish List for New Faculty
As the academic year begins, Karlyn Crowley, a university provost, offers some thoughts to professors at the start of their careers.
Toward a More Equitable Research Enterprise
Sharing the wealth in terms of federal research dollars would improve the quality of education for many students and increase U.S. competitiveness, Kim Wilcox writes.
The Dire State of Our Unions
How prevalent is family dysfunction, and what can be done to reduce its incidence?
3 Questions for Kevin McClure on ‘The Caring University’
A conversation about the book Kevin is writing on the university as a workplace.