Filter & Sort
L’Affaire Krug and Contemporary Wokeism
The controversy over a white professor passing herself off as Black reveals an underlying contradiction in how we view race, Peter C. Herman writes.
Predicting Higher Ed’s Post-Pandemic Future: Futile or Fruitful?
“It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.”
Beyond Crisis Communications
Why colleges and universities must explain their purpose and value -- even during a pandemic.
What Can You Do With a Ph.D.?
Many graduate students haven’t given enough thought to how to leverage their knowledge, skills and abilities to get well-paying jobs outside the academy, writes Joseph R. Fitzgerald.
Why America Needs College Football
Essentializing college football might help get us through these uncharacteristically difficult times of great isolation, division and uncertainty, Matthew J. Mayhew and Musbah Shaheen contend.
Opinion
Colleges Can Help Resolve Our Racial Crisis
We must work to establish institutional cultures that look, feel and are as much as possible like the just world we profess to value, writes Larry E. Davis.
Blindsided by Kindness
A thank-you note, in blog form.