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How Does Higher Ed Respond to the Sweeping Calls for Social Change?

Our country is going through a seismic transformation and, at some level, so is the world.
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Supporting Graduate Students in the Summer Session

It can be an especially difficult time for grad students, as many have less structure in their days and now they're in the middle of a pandemic, writes Leslie Ellen Blood.
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Colleges Must Take a New Approach to Systemic Racism

Instead of offering yet another special-focus course, institutions must fully integrate truly diverse and inclusive subject matter into survey and required courses, argues Christiane Warren.
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The Case for Cohorts

Higher education already has a proven educational approach we need to consider to help colleges reopen more safely in the fall, writes Peter Plavchan.
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Monocultures and Pathogens

Why change can be so difficult in higher ed.
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Pirates, Professors, and ‘Enemy of All Mankind’

The latest must-read book by Steven Johnson.
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The Many Benefits of Helping Others to Help Yourself

If you're feeling stuck in your own career exploration, networking or job search, look around and find people who may be similarly stuck, advises Joseph Barber.
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How to Reopen: Let Students and Faculty Choose

The key is to move to a three-semester academic year, spread out over 52 weeks, with people choosing which two semesters work best for them, Benjamin Reiss writes.