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The Politics, Psychology, History and Sociology of Conspiracy Thinking

Why popular culture loves conspiracies and what that means for college teaching.

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What Does ‘Test Optional’ Really Mean?

Should students submit scores? It’s hard for them to tell, a point of confusion that points to deeper problems, Ben Paris writes.

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Building Belonging to Benefit Black Male Students

Katelynn Jarrells offers advice for how faculty, staff and top administrators can help retain them by working to create a community of support.

An image of Jennifer Hochschild's tweet, which reads: "How about also [sic] scrutinize websites and c.v.’s, e. g. Rufo’s? The Harvard extension school has wonderful students—I teach them—but it is, admirably, open admission. Not what people usually mean by 'master’s degree from Harvard,' which Rufo has claimed. Hound him out of office??"
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Pretty Much the Only Thing I Learned From the Harvard Disaster

A social media skirmish points to problems in how colleges view continuing ed, Ryan Craig writes.

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Creative Thievery and the Higher Cribbing

Thinking seriously about scholarly originality, borrowing, appropriation and theft.

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CBE and Skills-Based Hiring: 2 Sides of the Same Coin

The rise of competency-based education responds to the growing demand from employers for skills-based hiring, Jillian Klein writes.

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Leading for Equity and Justice

Julia Chinyere Oparah offers strategies to help women of color transform higher ed as senior administrators without sacrificing their careers and health.

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Year 3 of ‘Beyond Transfer’

Disrupting the (surprisingly hardy) status quo around transfer and credit mobility.