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A multi-ethnic group of college-aged students sit in a row in a lecture hall and listening to and apparently enjoying their professor whose back is turned to the camera.

Love Them More; Care Less

When a class goes well, you can’t take too much credit, and when it goes badly, you can’t take too much blame, writes Rachel Toor.

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Transforming Doctoral Education for the Future of Work

Roshni Rao and Tyler Sluder describe how experiential learning, interdisciplinary collaboration and advanced technology can prepare Ph.D.s to thrive.

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Presidents Can Help Boards Think Strategically

Boards are asking a host of questions about the future, and college leaders must help guide them to answers, write Peter Eckel and Cathy Trower.

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What If We Valued Teachers as Much as Athletes?

Using some hyperbole, Tiffany Karalis Noel shares her dreams of a society in which college instructors are revered as highly as people in sports.

A stick figure walking up steps with words that include values including “humility” right before the top step, which says success. Another person walks down the steps in the other direction that shows words including “ego”.

How Humble Should I Be?

Jacob A. Brown, Thomas Byrne, C. K. Gunsalus and Nicholas C. Burbules explore the need for humility and other values in higher ed administration.

Two females students sit at a desk writing together

An Unsung Benefit of Peer Feedback

When students respond to each other’s writing, it’s often more helpful to the responders than the receivers, writes Patricia A. Dunn. 

Three students stand before a teacher, one with arms crossed as if annoyed about something

Top 10 Ways to Avoid Student Complaints

It is more imperative than ever that we establish ourselves as calm and trustworthy leaders, writes Jennie Young.

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A Joyful Career Option for Scholars

Foundation program officers offer insights on everything from where disciplines are going to how to fit a narrative to a grant opportunity, writes Victoria McGovern.