Live Updates Report: Antisemitic Incidents on Campuses Increased 41%

Views

Views

Intellectual Affairs
Book jacket for David Hellerstein's 'The Couch, the Clinic, and the Scanner: Stories from Three Revolutionary Eras of the Mind.'
Couch, Clinic, Scanner
March 24, 2023
Scott McLemee reviews David Hellerstein’s The Couch, the Clinic, and the Scanner: Stories From Three Revolutionary Eras of the Mind.
A man in academic regalia faces away from the camera, with a crowd of commencement guests in the background (in front of him).
Unapologetic Leadership: I Wear Chuck Taylors
March 23, 2023
Community college president Keith Curry writes that his choice of professional footwear helps him better connect with students and advocate on their behalf as his authentic self.
A shiny silver robotic hand types on a laptop keyboard.
A Guide to Generative AI Policy Making
March 22, 2023
Administrators and faculty should respond to the rise of AI with speed, strategic purpose and an inclusive focus on equitable student value, Daniel Dolan and Ekin Yasin write.

Recent Columns

A man in academic regalia faces away from the camera, with a crowd of commencement guests in the background (in front of him).
Unapologetic Leadership: I Wear Chuck Taylors
A shiny silver robotic hand types on a laptop keyboard.
A Guide to Generative AI Policy Making
A futuristic image, with a dark background, with the bright letters "AI" emanating from the center, as if rising from a keyboard.
How AI Is Shaping the Future of Higher Ed

Blogs

Confessions of a Community College Dean
Friday Fragments: Parenting Edition
March 24, 2023
Good news for student parents; good news for purveyors of “dad jokes”; good news from The Boy.
Learning Innovation
Are Universities ‘How the World Became Rich’?
March 23, 2023
A higher education–centric theory of economic development.
Law, Policy—and IT?
The TikTok Hearings
March 23, 2023
Americans have a lot to worry about with data capture beyond TikTok.

Archive

Intellectual Affairs
Living on the Edge
April 14, 2005
Time to face up to reality: The world is flat....
Who's Undermining Free Speech on Campus Now?
April 13, 2005
Freedom of speech is crucial both to a healthy democracy and the life of the mind. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits Congress from any act that would abridge it and the charters of most of our colleges and universities recognize that freedom of thought and speech are essential to a healthy academic community.
The Writer's Writer
April 12, 2005
Ask almost any American writer today for a list of his or her literary idols, and Frank Conroy’s name usually rises near the top. The author of one of the best books of our age, Stop-Time, published in 1967, as well as the director of the greatest incubator of literary talent ever assembled, the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Conroy was as close to legend as any living writer gets. Not to mention a Grammy winner—for best liner notes. Despite a rough beginning, he made the most of a life that ended last week, when he died at age 69 of colon cancer.
Intellectual Affairs
Read This!
April 11, 2005
An academic blogger talks about a new campaign to interest readers in fiction that they might otherwise miss.
The Importance of Elsewhere
April 8, 2005
Terry Caesar considers the allure of academic jobs in faraway locations.

Pages

Topics

Trending Stories

Back to Top