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Express Your Opinion — but First, Check Yourself

Emotion can fuel great writing. It can also be a vulnerability. Consider these steps to ensure your arguments are sound.
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Vicarious Coaching

Word of mouth, statistics and a much simpler option.
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How Colleges Can Counter ‘Cancel Culture’

Constraints on discussions of important social issues, however sensitive, subvert the goals of a liberal arts education, write David Wippman and Glenn C. Altschuler.
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Does Wokeness Threaten Academic Freedom?

The challenges of teaching in today’s highly polarized, hyperpartisan classrooms.
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The Many Virtues of a Virtual Writing Group

Beyond providing writing support, they can help you develop a peer network with colleagues and hone important transferable skills, writes Katie Homar, who advises how to maximize their benefits.
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Accidental Truths on a College Trip

In which an admissions director didn’t get the memo …
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Who Comes After Dorian Abbot?

If the standards the Massachusetts Institute of Technology used in his case are applied broadly, it could have unfortunate repercussions for many other academics, argues Alex Small.
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Becoming Clickbait for Speaking Out

Phoebe Cohen describes being targeted for voicing her views about the Dorian S. Abbot controversy.