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What’s Wrong With the Attack on Amy Wax
While we may not agree with what she says, we in academe should defend her right to say it, argues Jonathan Zimmerman.
Where Analytics Go Wrong
Jeff Aird says until higher ed uses analytics in a self-aware and brutally honest way, it can’t fix the growing problems with student success and retention.
Global Threat Assessment
Debora Diniz’s historical and ethnographic study Zika: From the Brazilian Backlands to Global Threat illuminates the emergence of the disease and how global health organizations have dealt -- and not dealt -- with it, writes Scott McLemee.
The Numbers Won’t Speak for Themselves
An high-profile legal case about Mexican-American studies demonstrates why academics should become publicly engaged in issues in contemporary society, argue Nolan L. Cabrera, Stephen Pitti and Angela Valenzuela.
Advice for Surviving Recommendation Letter-Writing Season
Kat Coy offers advice on how to gather the information to write the letters.
Ethical College Admissions: How Athletic Recruiting Helps Some and Hurts Others
Jim Jump writes about how coaches can abandon students, forcing them to scramble at the last minute.
(Un)Shared Governance
Non-tenure-track faculty members contribute to their colleges and universities in many ways, and they should not be excluded from serving on faculty senates, argue Neal Hutchens and Willis Jones.
I Want a Vote on Policies That Affect My Work
After 23 years as a teaching professor at his university, six as assistant dean, Mark Zeigler questions why he has no representation on the faculty senate.