Filter & Sort
Can We Talk?
In view of the “cancel culture” discourse, Jim Ryan and Ian Baucom of the University of Virginia write that universities should train students to be empathetic speakers and generous listeners.
Let’s Cancel ‘Cancel Culture’
Higher ed must stand against the real threats to free expression—the raft of legislation targeting the teaching of “divisive concepts,” Patricia McGuire writes.
It’s Time to Fix the Rankings
The peer-assessment system favors institutions that have done well for decades, write John Barnhill and Joe O’Shea.
3 Questions for Katherine Mercieca, Graduate Student at U-M
The complementary intersections of learning design and student affairs.
Teaching Outside the Box
Harvey J. Graff describes how, as a retired professor, he’s continued to teach and learn in a range of forums beyond the formal classroom and the university—and encourages others to consider it, too.
Friday Fragments
The unpaid adjunct position at UCLA, a dog breaks loose (briefly) and the latest on TG’s admissions sweepstakes.
We Must Do Better for the Next Lia Thomas
Should there be more than two podiums, two gendered sets of record books? More could be done to recognize transgender athletes’ accomplishments, Ross Aikins writes.