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Overcoming Academe’s Addiction to Addition
It’s an unsustainable management strategy, writes Vicki L. Baker, and administrators should instead establish systems to ensure workloads remain manageable.
The Reeducation of DEI
DEI in the university should be reimagined as education, not training, Patrick J. Casey writes.
Lead Without Shrinking
Too often, women must second-guess our well-earned authority, minimize our accomplishments or dim our light to make others comfortable, writes Roshni Rao.
The Central Role of the Study of Tragedy
To better prepare undergraduates for life’s complexities, place tragedy front and center in humanities classes.
Our Kids Could Benefit From Legacy Preferences at Yale: We Still Oppose Them
Birikti Kahsai and Sam Haddad argue it’s past time for legacy admissions to end.
The Scholar-Magician
Scott McLemee reviews Anthony Grafton’s Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa.
Using AI to Help Students Teach in Order to Learn
By changing ChatGPT’s system prompt, we can create content misunderstandings that students can correct, write Joel Nishimura and Anna Cunningham.
The Long Shadow of May 4, 1970
The lessons of Kent State should not go unremembered, Todd Diacon writes.