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The Aesthetic Pleasures of Scholarly Writing
While it may seem unlikely, such writing can actually provide a great opportunity for playing with the meanings and the music of language, writes David F. Labaree.
Resuscitating Dead Money
Donors give money because they want you to spend it. It’s worth the effort and investment for your college to do research into whether a contributor’s funds are really restricted.
‘Rigorous’ and ‘Weed-Out’ Are Not Synonymous
The controversial firing of an organic chemistry professor at New York University speaks to broader issues about student success in “weed-out” courses, Jonathan Zimmerman writes.
What Ails Our Labor Market Is Evident in College
Both colleges and employers must fix work-readiness failures and inequitable work-readiness practices, writes Brandon Busteed.
An Alternative Approach to Affirmative Action
Catharine B. Hill writes that there’s a better way to make access to the largest subsidies at the more selective institutions available to talented students from all backgrounds.
Offering Teaching Postdocs Can Save the Humanities!
They can be a high-impact way to address and enhance the job prospects of new Ph.D.s in an increasingly dire academic job market, writes Melissa Ianetta.