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Higher Education’s Trust Deficit
Colleges’ and universities’ new mandate: to rebuild public trust.
Mental Health and Career Transitions
Grad students and postdocs about to embark on a job search can sustain their well-being by taking a holistic approach, write Pallavi Eswara and Lauren Lyon.
Teaching Writing in a Generative AI World: a Compendium
Collecting up my recent writings on a complex topic.
Fall Books Roundup
Scott McLemee looks ahead to forthcoming releases on higher ed, the culture wars and leadership.
Identity Politics: A Doubled-Edged Sword
The pluses and minuses and continuing impact of identity politics.
Singing the Presidency
R. Barbara Gitenstein describes the leadership skills she learned studying to be an opera singer that she's applied as a top administrator.
‘The Displacements’ and the Need for a Climate Change Academic Novel
A call to combine climate and campus fiction.
On Student Protests and Professors’ Intergenerational Responsibilities
Sharon Stein asks what professors owe young people in times of social and ecological breakdown.