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A Canceled Cancellation
University of Michigan handled controversy over a pro-life speaker at a ceremony for incoming medical students the right way, Scott Richard Lyons writes.
Congress Must Invest in Student Mental Health
Campuses need more federal resources for mental health and suicide prevention, Tanya Ang writes.
The World Is Changing
And as an early-career scholar, I need the academy to change with it and train us how to engage effectively with the most pressing societal challenges, writes Edgar Virgüez.
Overcoming Transfer Enrollment Declines
It is possible, but it’s not as simple as recruiting more transfer students to universities.
When Goals Conflict
Differential tuition, high-demand fields and equity.
Normalizing the Unknown for First-Gen Students
Higher ed institutions must reassure first-generation students that it’s OK not to have all the answers, writes Nick Ladany, a first-gen student who became a university president.
Public Higher Ed Has a Good Story to Tell
And an audience that’s primed to listen if it’s told well.
Why Specifications Grading Deserves an A
Junior Prof describes how that method of assessment can benefit the instructor as well as the students, especially during a time of pandemic fatigue.