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The Case for Uncertainty in Higher Ed
In a higher ed system that focuses on measurable outcomes and mastery, learning to dwell in doubt still matters.
A Practical, Scalable Template for Oral Exams
Yes, it can be done, even in classes with dozens of students.
What to Read if You Want to Write Better
If you aren’t reading, you have no business writing.
Looking Good on Paper Won’t Cut It in Job Searches Anymore
If it ever did. Graduate students and postdocs should lean into their human skills in order to achieve their long-term career goals.
Leading From the Middle
The human-centered work of department chairs is critically important—and exactly the kind of work our culture does not tend to value.
5 Bewildering Dispatches From an Academic Publishing System Worth Saving
The journals are fine. Everything is fine.
10 Lessons From an Office of Public Scholarship, 3 Years In
How can institutions better support scholars wanting to do public-facing work?
Cancer Took My Parents—and Showed Me How to Teach
Grief transformed my classroom into a space where students learn professional skills by serving organizations that fight the disease that devastated my family.