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The Hidden Challenges for Successful First-Generation Ph.D.s
First-generation grad students continue to grapple with the same issues they struggled with as undergraduates -- yet those struggles are amplified in graduate school settings, argues Bailey B. Smolarek.
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Training the Foreign Policy Experts We Need
The Education Department's critique of a Middle East studies program is part of steadily growing government skepticism about the value of academic knowledge of the rest of the world, Mitchell L. Stevens and Cynthia Miller-Idriss write.
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Thinking Outside the Digital Box, Part II
Curtis Newbold offers 10 ways that online programs can inject more in-person touches into the curriculum.
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Making Sense of Michigan's $50 Million Commitment to Academic Innovation
Looking beyond Ann Arbor.
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Doing Public Humanities as a Graduate Student
What does publicly engaged work look like for humanities graduate students?
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How to Think Strategically About Committee Work
Not preparing for yearly committee service is a missed opportunity to make career-forwarding moves, Christine Tulley advises.