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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.
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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.
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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.

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Unapologetic Leadership: I Wear Chuck Taylors
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A Guide to Generative AI Policy Making
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How AI Is Shaping the Future of Higher Ed

Letters to the Editor

Grants for Doctoral Students Remain Available
September 23, 2022
Some programs may be ending, but Mellon and ACLS still support dissertation work and early-career scholars.
Flawed Survey on the 'Liberal Arts'
September 20, 2022
Studies that don't clearly define key terms reinforce misunderstanding rather than guiding students and families.
'Stop With the Academic Clickbaiting' on the Humanities
September 13, 2022
Don't dismiss the efforts of fellow academics—and especially the hard work of junior professors—to keep the humanities vital.
Misrepresenting Seattle Pacific's Reasons for Suing Its State
August 16, 2022
University officials believed it needed to protect its First Amendment right to hire based on sincerely held religious beliefs and maintain a voluntary academic community based on a shared framework of faith.
How Young People Have Changed
August 4, 2022
Growing up was always hard to do. It’s getting harder, and universities are doing little to help.

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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.

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A New Era of Union Activism in Higher Ed
March 15, 2023
Are higher ed leaders ready, James B. Thelen asks.
Beyond Ideological Debates
March 14, 2023
Programs responding to lack of intellectual diversity are needed, but we must also improve the processes through which these and other new programs are approved, Margaret Spellings writes.
We’re Asking the Wrong Questions About AI
March 13, 2023
It’s not only about academic integrity: higher ed faces much bigger challenges in the face of frightening questions about the future of the knowledge workforce, Paul LeBlanc writes.
A Simplified FAFSA? Yes—and Yet, Not Yet
March 13, 2023
It’s a great goal, but are we really ready, asks Kent Barnds.
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An Encouraging Nature
March 10, 2023
Scott McLemee rounds up upcoming university press titles focused on science, medicine and the natural world.

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