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A Professor’s Lessons From Running for Public Office
Cynthia Richards found it meant representing higher education in venues where she was as likely to be confronted with anger, despair or even an AR-15 as with a pen and a notebook.
‘The Chair’: A Dark Comedy?
The new Netflix series portrays a chair of a department at a moment when the position has never been more demanding and the humanities are at an inflection point, writes Amanda Bailey.
Opinion
Creating More Engaged Class Discussions
John J. Silvestro shares two strategies that he has found have reduced confusion and helped his students produce stronger work.
Why and How Faculty Should Participate in U.S. Policy Making
Michael A. Fisher and Lindsay K. Milliken provide a detailed recipe for facilitating the use of science as a key element of the policy-making process.
Making the Most of One-way Video Interviews
Joseph Barber explores the benefits and challenges of answering interview questions without any human interaction at all -- and how to do so most successfully.
The Leaky Pipeline Playbook
Elena A. Miranda highlights the actions and behaviors of gatekeepers who hold the power to make or break careers and perpetuate the disenfranchisement of women and people of color.
Today’s Academic Leaders Must Be Healers
We need such leaders not only because we're in a global pandemic, but also because we continue to face crises that have harmed our academic institutions and people we serve, writes Annmarie Caño.
Opinion
Teaching the Sixth Graders of College
By recognizing that first-year college students are much like those in the first year of middle school, we can help them acclimate and become part of the academic community, writes Wayne Stauffer.