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Navigating Grief in Higher Ed Career Transitions

Why and how to identify and process grief while moving into a new role.

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Expand Your Postdoc Possibilities

For students who are about to complete their Ph.D. and wondering whether to postdoc or not to postdoc, Brian J. Rybarczyk and Chris Smith highlight some helpful resources.

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Opinion

University Projects and ‘How Big Things Get Done’

Why things almost always go wrong.

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Managing the Demand Cliff

The other enrollment cliff is something that higher ed leaders can actually do something about, write Rebecca Mathews, Bijan Warner and Peter Stokes.

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What do Plato, Darwin and Introductory Spanish Have in Common?

Roger H. Martin describes how he discovered firsthand the lifelong value of the liberal arts when he retired almost five decades after studying them.

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Plain Language Is Key to DEI in Academe

Academics have an opportunity to make more accessible linguistic choices, Shawna Shapiro and Laura Aull write.

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Walter Isaacson’s ‘Elon Musk’ and Academic Culture

How might a Musk-like university be run?

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Making Higher Education What It Ought to Be

Not just a credential, but an opportunity for exploration, experimentation, growth and discovery.