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Implementing Writing-to-Learn Approaches in STEM
On using blogs and other writing assignments that focus on self-reflection to build critical thinking skills in undergraduate courses for science students.
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We Need to Rethink Training for Ph.D.s
Why aren’t our graduate programs teaching students how to teach, Whitney Ross Manzo and Kristina M. W. Mitchell ask, rather than preparing them for the far more rare research job?
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The Question of Deplorable Snowflakes
Scott Dalrymple considers the gap between anti-intellectualism and higher education, and how to bridge it.
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Do You Need a Postdoc?
Many Ph.D. students simply default to postdoctoral training as a logical next step, when instead they should be making a much more intentional choice, writes Stephanie K. Eberle.
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Anatomy of a Smear
Scholars should speak out against those who have weaponized the language of “safety,” “security,” “acknowledgment” and “inclusion” to silence anyone who disagrees with them, argues Peter Wood.
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Ethical College Admissions: Test Recycling
The greatest threat to the SAT is test security, writes Jim Jump.