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Making Employment Agreements for Success

It’s more important than ever that faculty members be thoughtful about and understand the functions and limits of academic contracts, writes Peter F. Lake.

A Loss of Depth

The declining philosophical, psychological and sociological ambitions of modern fiction.

Opinion

My Imagined Climate Fiction and the University Syllabus

A climate fiction reading list inspired by Universities on Fire.

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Institutional Neutrality Doesn’t Go Far Enough

It doesn’t matter if the president is neutral if no one else in the university is, Peter C. Herman writes.

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Supporting Biomedical Trainees Through Alumni Mentorship

Delaney Dann and Lee Tacliad describe a program that offers students and postdocs an objective source of guidance and knowledge to help shape their career paths.

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My Publisher Fed My Book to AI

Stephen Jackson has questions.

The Culture of Celebrity

The meaning, history and power of celebrity.

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The Pros and Cons of Ceding Control

Something’s to be said for students seeing a professor step out from behind the lectern and face uncertainty with a sense of calmness and confidence, writes Mike Land.