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Opinion
Columns Small World

The Odd Couple: The Pecking Order in Higher Ed

Rachel and Gordon call out the pervasive and toxic snobbery in our industry.

By Rachel Toor and E. Gordon Gee

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The Trust Problem in College Pricing Is Real

Here’s how we fix it.

By Luisa Havens Gerardo et al.

Opinion
Columns Just Explain It to Me!

Part 2: Is Higher Education Having a Psychotic Breakdown?

Part two exposing the tension between higher education as a business and as a service and how this conflict has created the sector’s current identity crisis.

By Kathy Johnson Bowles

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Opinion
Career Advice Teaching

Beyond Coddling and Canceling

We can, and should, empathize with students’ trauma. But we shouldn’t validate desires to shield them from discomforting course content.

By Jill Cermele et al.

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Bard’s Crisis Reveals How Presidents Can Escape Oversight

Long tenure plus fundraising power plus board alignment equals an authority structure that few in higher education know how to interrupt.

By Susan D’Agostino

Opinion
Columns Confessions of a Community College Dean

Gas Prices and Commuter Schools

If prices stay this high or go higher by fall, we may see even greater shifts to online classes.

By Matt Reed

Opinion
Columns Resident Scholar

When the Homie Comes to Campus: Connections to the HBO Series ‘Half Man’

Friendsickness can complicate students’ first-year transitions. Maintaining relationships with friends and family members around the same age is a necessary and useful mediator.

By Shaun Harper