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The Learning Room: Building Trust in One-on-One Student Appointments
Effective campus support—academic or otherwise—involves the student trusting the staff member, the staff member trusting the student and the student having self-trust.
How Higher Ed Is Really Failing Students on Gaza and Israel
Clarissa Mansfield writes that the academic and media preoccupation with pro-Palestinian slogans misses the bigger picture.
A Cure for Humanities Deficiency Syndrome
To help save the humanities, consider one-credit “co-labs” attached to STEM courses, Rachel Wheeler writes.
The Imperative for Workforce Pell
Anthony P. Carnevale argues short-term Pell Grants are key to fulfilling the decades-old promise of gainful employment.
Eliminating Early Decision Is Not the Answer
Ending ED isn’t the way to improve access, Robert Massa and Bill Conley write.
In Defense of the Morality of Citation
Giving credit where it’s due is a moral issue, Susan D. Blum writes.
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.