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The Cultural, Ethical and Social Dimensions of Technological Innovation

How the humanities help us understand and navigate technological change.

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Career Advice Teaching

3 Steps to Close the AI Confidence Gap

When professors clear the confidence hurdle, they can approach artificial intelligence use and implementation in the classroom thoughtfully and effectively, write Ellis Reeves and Angie Chase.

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Against the Assessment Regime

Our approach to assessment not only distracts from good teaching—it can even distort educational goals, Patrick J. Casey argues.

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Career Advice Carpe Careers

Preparing Proactively for a Postdoc

These are some actions a Ph.D. student can take to pave the way for a positive postdoc experience, Chris Smith writes.

A drawing illustrating the concept of the panopticon, a design concept for prisons featuring a central watchtower from which guards can see into all the cells, but the prisoners can't see if they are being watched.
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The Panopticon, Old and New

Scott McLemee considers the panopticon’s persistence in (semi-)popular culture as an inescapable metaphor.

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The Democratic Party’s Dilemma

The ongoing struggle between popularism and progressivism.

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Career Advice Teaching

Post-it Pedagogy

Kate Nesbit explains why the humble sticky note is a terrific low-tech teaching tool.

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New Frontiers for Neutrality: Academic Unions

Academic unions should refrain from political statements that do not pertain directly to the mission of promoting labor interests, Colleen P. Eren writes.