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Intellectual Affairs
Podcasting a Polymath
December 11, 2020
Scott McLemee discusses the podcast A Very Square Peg: The Strange and Remarkable Life of the Polymath Robert Eisler.
Career Exploration in College
December 10, 2020
Essays on how colleges can do more to help undergraduates explore careers while ensuring that their educations are relevant to the job market.
When Polling Fails, Read a Book
December 9, 2020
Transformative texts offer us a way to confront the mystery of the human condition and, in our current context, what we don’t understand about American politics, writes Tamara Mann Tweel.

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Florida's Longstanding Work on Developmental Education
December 10, 2020
Educators in Florida began working on redesigning developmental before legislation required it.
College Isn't Widget-Making
December 8, 2020
Getting a higher education is about more than merely getting a job, Jeffrey Kurtz argues.
Markes for Faculty Salaries
December 7, 2020
Edward P. Manning takes issue with a blog.
Another Viewpoint on Assessing Institutional Effectiveness
December 7, 2020
Assessment has value, but measurement and overdependence on accreditation aren't the answer.
Civility Demands Less Preaching, More Teaching
December 2, 2020
In response to the November 3rd article "The Day After Tomorrow," I felt empowered to write this response. While the ideals of diversity and inclusion (D&I) encourage greater multicultural awareness and stronger acceptance between students and their differences, there remains a large gap between the marriage of diversity of views and beliefs vs. student behavior and accountability.

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Mental Health Epidemic: Dark Shadow of the COVID Pandemic
December 11, 2020
As we prepare to launch another semester mostly online, we are facing what may be the most severe mental health crisis in the history of American education. The next three months promise to bring the most dangerous and stressful period in American medicine.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
Friday Fragments
December 11, 2020
Feedback on the week, and the next great country/pop ballad.
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Follow the Bouncing Budget
December 10, 2020
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Intellectual Affairs
Podcasting a Polymath
December 11, 2020
Scott McLemee discusses the podcast A Very Square Peg: The Strange and Remarkable Life of the Polymath Robert Eisler.
Career Exploration in College
December 10, 2020
Essays on how colleges can do more to help undergraduates explore careers while ensuring that their educations are relevant to the job market.
When Polling Fails, Read a Book
December 9, 2020
Transformative texts offer us a way to confront the mystery of the human condition and, in our current context, what we don’t understand about American politics, writes Tamara Mann Tweel.
If We Don’t Push for a More Diverse Faculty Now, Then When?
December 8, 2020
Too often, diversity initiatives are the first to fall when times are tight, but we must stop making that mistake and use this moment for lasting change, writes Ansley Abraham.
A Surprising Fruit of Our Pandemic Fall Semester
December 7, 2020
Counterintuitively to some people, the post-COVID campus will have a renewed, more dynamic sense of place, not a diminished one, writes Laurie L. Patton.

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