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Language Matters
August 11, 2021
We need to reflect on how we wield our words as scientists and educators, especially when doing work to make academe and science more diverse, writes Maria Qadri.
Against Acronyms
August 11, 2021
They've become ubiquitous signals of antiracism initiatives, but they are not the path to more just and inclusive universities, argues Jill Stoner.
Attacked from Both Sides
August 10, 2021
Growing efforts to curtail free speech and academic freedom endanger the ability to cultivate the informed citizenry on which our democracy depends, write David Wippman and Glenn C. Altschuler.

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Don't Ignore CLEP to Improve Student Transfer
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A group working on helping students transfer credits across institutions should recognize the exam's role in awarding students for prior learning.
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July 15, 2021
Administrative and cultural disconnects between high schools and colleges -- particularly highly selective ones -- widen our equity and achievement gaps.
HBCUs Are Not 'Wakandas Forever'
July 7, 2021
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A Dean Passes Himself Off as a Professor
June 17, 2021
An essay about the faculty's "social contract" with students was misleading because its author is a full-time administrator.
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May 21, 2021
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August 11, 2021
To strengthen American higher education, we must acknowledge and address its glaring contradictions.
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Attacked from Both Sides
August 10, 2021
Growing efforts to curtail free speech and academic freedom endanger the ability to cultivate the informed citizenry on which our democracy depends, write David Wippman and Glenn C. Altschuler.
What We Have Learned from Each Other
August 9, 2021
Retiring Native American mascots can create new relationships between colleges and Tribal Nations, write Doug Lankford, chief of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, and Gregory P. Crawford, president of Miami University.
Going Through Her Daughter's Admissions Process
August 9, 2021
Rebecca Vidra is a professor, and she is surprised time and again.
Colleges and Universities Need More Rappers
August 6, 2021
If more students were exposed to the critical practices they utilize, they’d be better equipped to engage in pressing conversations about race, identity, culture, class and the like, writes A. D. Carson.
Decreasing Structural Racism in Higher Education
August 5, 2021
At least two features must be reconsidered: remediation and the lack of credit transfer from associate to bachelor’s degree programs, argues Alexandra W. Logue.

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