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Leadership, Work-Life Balance and Loving What You Do
A discussion about senior-level careers in technology reflects larger debates in higher ed and society about work-life balance, different styles of leadership and—only subtly—gender.
#AcademicTwitter Will Endure—for Now
Academics who tweet are weighing the opportunity costs of leaving Twitter while looking into other social media platforms. But few are fleeing the digital gathering space in which they have invested so much—at least not yet.
Collin College Reinstates Professor Who Sued for Free Speech Issues
Collin College in Texas settled with and reinstated a former professor who sued it for violation of her free speech...
Community College Student Support Program Yields Results
SUNY Westchester Community College and MDRC, a social policy research organization, released the results of a new study Thursday, which...
Using Social Media to Educate Young Adults About Vaccines: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Suellen Hopfer, assistant professor of health, society and behavior at the University of California, Irvine...
More Than 26 Million Apply for Student Loan Forgiveness
Nearly 26 million Americans have applied for relief under the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan, the White House announced...
Calvin Permits Faculty to Dissent From Antigay Views
The board of Calvin University, a college in Michigan owned by the Christian Reformed Church, said last week that faculty...
Opinion
Academic Twitter Is Worth Fighting For
There’s a lot to lose if academics leave their favorite “hellsite” in droves, Dominik Stecuła writes.