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A drawing illustrating the concept of the panopticon, a design concept for prisons featuring a central watchtower from which guards can see into all the cells, but the prisoners can't see if they are being watched.
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The Panopticon, Old and New

Scott McLemee considers the panopticon’s persistence in (semi-)popular culture as an inescapable metaphor.

The picture depicts a group of attendees gathered to hear Kamala Harris speak to the American Federation of Teachers convention in Houston last year. Three attendees hold up signs that say "AFT Votes: Kamala Harris for President."
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New Frontiers for Neutrality: Academic Unions

Academic unions should refrain from political statements that do not pertain directly to the mission of promoting labor interests, Colleen P. Eren writes.

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The Power of Words

Writing with clarity, coherence, concision, impact and style.

Blogs Just Visiting

You’ve Got to Fight

Are we a democracy or not? Can higher ed institutions step up?

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Career Advice Advancing in the Faculty

Peer Review Should Be a Dance, Not a Duel

Frank Argote-Freyre and Christopher M. Bellitto offer ideas to help authors avoid time-wasting situations.

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Parental Rights

The battle for authority and children’s autonomy in a changing society.

A silhouette-type illustration of a man, wearing a blue gag across his mouth, holding a bullhorn.
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We Need New Ways to Protect Academic Freedom

Protecting professors from university discipline for their extramural speech is necessary, but no longer sufficient, Austin Sarat writes.