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Opinion

Should Faculty Be Mental Health Counselors?

As the stigma of exposing emotional and psychological vulnerabilities decreases, instructors’ unpaid care work increases, writes Kay Keegan.

Opinion

History as Therapy

History as a path toward healing.

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Opinion

Tackling Pedigree Bias in Faculty Hiring

No more CV skimming: faculty search committees should consider an initial anonymized review of candidates’ research proposals, John M. Herbert writes.

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Opinion

‘The Water Will Come’ and ‘Universities on Fire’

Seeing the future of the university through a climate crisis lens.

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Opinion

Advice on Selecting Service Opportunities

Steve Baule describes some service options that might be available to new faculty members and provides advice on those they may want to consider.

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Opinion

End the Student Loan Interest Racket

It’s time to stop charging interest on federal student loans, U.S. Representative Joe Courtney writes.

Opinion

Trauma and the College Classroom

Teaching with a trauma-informed lens.

A sign (approximating a road sign) reads "Test Free Zone," with a standardized test score sheet circled and crossed through in red.
Opinion

Test-Free Admissions: Why Wait?

While test-optional policies are already the norm, the University of California’s experience points toward test-free admissions as the next best step, Julie J. Park and OiYan Poon write.