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Back From Utopia
This year’s quincentennial of Sir Thomas More’s Utopia coincides with an exceptionally spirit-blighting presidential election, making his work especially relevant, writes Scott McLemee.
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The Hubris Syndrome
or, How Jealousy and Self-Aggrandizement Can Derail Your Graduate Studies.
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The Terrible (Big) Businesses of Twitter and Higher Ed
What do Twitter economics have to say about higher ed economics?
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Rejecting the Student Deficit Model
Teaching from where students are, not where we might want them to be.
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Making Office Hours Matter
Megan Condis explores why so few students take advantage of office hours and gives some tips on how to get more of them to do so.
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Hence, This Is Racist
Academics must stop being surprised when students of color are able to thoughtfully articulate themselves in their writing and in class discussions, writes Charles H. F. Davis III.
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Addicted to Debt
Free public college would end our nation’s addiction to debt-financed higher education, writes David Bergeron, a worthy goal even if private colleges will need to make adjustments.