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All That Matters Is the Mission
If our institutions have crumbled, they don’t need protecting. They require rebuilding.
More Flexible Title IX Regs Pose New Dilemmas
Colleges must go beyond what proposed Title IX regulations mandate or risk expensive litigation, Brett A. Sokolow writes.
Principal Investigators, Improve Your Graduate Mentoring
Or I won’t send my students to you, writes Emily Heffernan, voicing her concern about how many leave STEM (and other) fields due to bad mentoring experiences.
Why Academic Administrators Should Learn Business-speak
Concepts like efficiency, optimization and margin are essential if your institution is to thrive in today’s challenging economic environment.
Ethical College Admissions: Is Professional Ethics an Endangered Species?
Jim Jump argues that having professional ethics is more important than ever.
A Catfish in Wolf’s Clothing
If a (fake) person named Matt Wolf contacts you with questions about your scholarship, beware. Lee Brewer Jones describes apparently falling victim to a long-running fraud targeting academics.
Embracing the Intermissions in Life
Nana Lee explains why graduate students and postdocs shouldn’t worry that taking a gap year will disadvantage them in their professional development and career.
Dead Malls and Future Campuses
Thoughts on Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall.