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Opinion

5 Steps for Going ‘Alt-Fac’

Are you a Ph.D. holder who wants to keep working in higher ed but not in a faculty role? Become familiar with the range of roles available and how to prepare for them.

Opinion

Tech Future Promotes Continuing Professional Education

Do you recall when continuing professional education was considered outside the mainstream of the higher education hierarchy, often relegated to extension services?

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Opinion

The Real Mission of Higher Education Is Hiding in Plain Sight

A guest post laying out a path forward for all institutions.

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Opinion

Alt-Fac: Being ‘Alt-Ac’ in the Academy

The academic v. industry dichotomy obscures a whole range of meaningful “alt-fac” jobs within higher ed.

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Opinion

Yet Another Piece About AI and Writing

AI is valuable as a tool, but it becomes dangerous when it replaces the acts of judgment, audience awareness and human connection that produce authentic writing.

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Opinion

A Taxonomy of Harm for the AI Age

Do your AI literacy efforts account for the full range of ways AI can hurt you, cognitively?

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Opinion

No One Is Coming to Save Us

The realization can either break you or liberate you.

Opinion

Academic Authoritarianism in a New Attack on Humanities Scholars

There is virtually no evidence offered in the report for its sweeping conclusions about the entirety of the humanities.