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Do Today’s Colleges Resemble 1970s Detroit?
Detractors point to bloated bureaucracies, complacency, declining quality, a lack of focus, broken business models and an inability to adapt. Do they have a leg to stand on?
Why Florida’s Public College Presidents Should Resign
The best strategy for countering Governor DeSantis’s attacks on higher ed could be for Florida’s public university presidents to threaten to resign en masse, Robert Birnbaum writes.
Matthew Desmond’s ‘Poverty, by America’
Somehow both on-target and disappointing.
ChatGPT and Writing Assessment, an Old Problem Made New
When it comes to assessing student writing, ChatGPT merely makes an enduring problem more apparent.
Facing Diversity
Placing a minority grad student on the inside of a search process gestures toward inclusive practices yet also highlights it shortcomings, write Russ Castronovo and Elijah Levine.
The Case for Having Class Outside
When end-of-semester stress reaches its peak, an outdoor class is an excellent remedy.
Commencement Is a Celebration, Not a Class
In choosing a commencement speaker, don’t (purposely) court controversy, Walter Kimbrough writes.
Making Space for Compassion in the Classroom
Chris Hakala, director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Scholarship and professor of psychology at Springfield College, uses Student Voice data to argue that students and faculty members mutually benefit from flexibility, communication and feedback.