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Good Old Nostalgia
Scott McLemee reviews Tobias Becker’s Yesterday: A New History of Nostalgia.
Unextreme Vetting
Judith Wilde and James Finkelstein are skeptical search firms will step up their diligence to root out research misconduct.
Academic Life Without a Smartphone
Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera doesn’t have a smartphone—and he thinks scholars should be asking a lot more questions about how the devices are affecting academic life.
Plucking Plagiarism’s Low-Hanging Fruit
Tricia Bertram Gallant argues that graduate programs and journals should routinely check dissertations and articles for plagiarism.
What Does ‘Test Optional’ Really Mean?
Should students submit scores? It’s hard for them to tell, a point of confusion that points to deeper problems, Ben Paris writes.
Dying to Be Heard?
Leah P. Hollis writes of the need to address workplace bullying after the tragic death of Antoinette Candia-Bailey.
CBE and Skills-Based Hiring: 2 Sides of the Same Coin
The rise of competency-based education responds to the growing demand from employers for skills-based hiring, Jillian Klein writes.
![An image of Jennifer Hochschild's tweet, which reads: "How about also [sic] scrutinize websites and c.v.’s, e. g. Rufo’s? The Harvard extension school has wonderful students—I teach them—but it is, admirably, open admission. Not what people usually mean by 'master’s degree from Harvard,' which Rufo has claimed. Hound him out of office??"](/sites/default/files/styles/image_205_x_203/public/2024-01/Hochschild_Tweet_2%20%281%29.jpg?itok=LNUwEOko)
Pretty Much the Only Thing I Learned From the Harvard Disaster
A social media skirmish points to problems in how colleges view continuing ed, Ryan Craig writes.