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A protestor, holding an Israeli flag, seemingly blocking traffic, against a nighttime city backdrop.
March 31, 2023
University of Haifa president Ron Robin explains why the country’s research universities went on strike to protest legislation that would overhaul the judiciary.
A drawing of a waving transgender pride flag. The flag has five horizontal stripes: blue above pink above white above pink above blue again.
March 31, 2023
Reflecting on the existential challenge of being transgender, Jamie MaKinster offers suggestions for inclusive campus policies and practices around gendered language.
A male student is sitting slouched at a table, working on his laptop. Algebra problems are written above him.
March 30, 2023
Allowing students to learn at their own pace via adaptive technology can lead to greater completion of gateway courses and higher grades within courses—when integration and implementation efforts are designed with equity in mind, write Karen A. Stout of Achieving the Dream and Jean-Claude Brizard of Digital Promise.

Letters to the Editor

July 9, 2020
I am dismayed by his dismissive use of a right-wing trope like “indoctrination” to denounce a viewpoint he dislikes.
July 8, 2020
Dr. Kim chooses not to address the substance of Dr. Kolnick’s article, whose concerns he claims to share, but instead seizes on a couple of generalizations about online learning in Dr. Kolnick’s piece.
July 7, 2020
"What Mr. Kim ignores in defense of his focus is that we are now asking bus drivers to fly airplanes."
July 7, 2020
They "didn't travel halfway around the world to be told they have to sit in an apartment and stare at a screen all day."
July 7, 2020
Dear Editor, I nodded in silent agreement while reading Kolnick’s "Generals Die in Bed" and noticed that Joshua Kim's response had different errors, even though he sees himself wrapped in righteousness and all good things.  

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March 31, 2023
Presidential indictment as a teachable moment, community college bachelor degrees, reader responses on encouraging critical thinking.
March 30, 2023
Uncertainty, confusion and psychological stress have always accompanied the tempest-tossed process of maturation. Here’s how to make that problematic journey smoother.

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December 2, 2022
In watching the World Cup in Qatar in a world rife with whataboutism, David S. Busch reflects on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s definition of intelligence.
December 2, 2022
Scott McLemee highlights forthcoming university press books of a more personal nature.
December 1, 2022
We’re in a climate emergency, and it’s time for universities to take action, Sheldon Pollock and Jacqueline Goodman write.
November 30, 2022
Colleges should design pathways to meet students’ different preparation levels and goals rather than foist algebra on everyone in the name of numeracy, Ben Weng writes.
November 30, 2022
Ashley Flood writes of enrolling in a developmental math course and convening a study group to help students who had failed before find success. 

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