Filter & Sort
Putting an End to Abusive Workplaces
How do we optimize the learning environment in academic research labs, Patrick Brandt asks, and what must we do when the environment is toxic to trainees?
The Justice Department Has Worsened College Admissions
The agency never should have gone after NACAC, and we are all paying the price because it did, writes Jay Menees.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Free Tuition
New Mexico’s free tuition law should stimulate a national conversation about why other states should pursue tuition-free higher education, Megan Bogia and Winston C. Thompson write.
Debate Is Not Central to the College Experience
In fact, it hardly matters at all.
The Exclusivity of Inclusive Excellence
Andrea Y. Simpson reflects on how the phrase, as interpreted at so many institutions, can undermine the goals of diversity and inclusivity, as well as limit the scope of first-rate scholarship.
Room for Improvement
Scott McLemee begins a two-part look at Mark Coeckelbergh’s books Self-Improvement: Technologies of the Soul in the Age of Artificial Intelligence and The Political Philosophy of AI.
Friday Fragments
Historical depth on swim tests, more vengeance from the travel gods and some retro tech.