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The Hidden Challenges for Successful First-Generation Ph.D.s
First-generation grad students continue to grapple with the same issues they struggled with as undergraduates -- yet those struggles are amplified in graduate school settings, argues Bailey B. Smolarek.
Thinking Outside the Digital Box, Part II
Curtis Newbold offers 10 ways that online programs can inject more in-person touches into the curriculum.
Making Sense of Michigan's $50 Million Commitment to Academic Innovation
Looking beyond Ann Arbor.
Training the Foreign Policy Experts We Need
The Education Department's critique of a Middle East studies program is part of steadily growing government skepticism about the value of academic knowledge of the rest of the world, Mitchell L. Stevens and Cynthia Miller-Idriss write.
Doing Public Humanities as a Graduate Student
What does publicly engaged work look like for humanities graduate students?
How to Think Strategically About Committee Work
Not preparing for yearly committee service is a missed opportunity to make career-forwarding moves, Christine Tulley advises.