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The department is acting out of a completely different view of higher education than most educators have, writes Jim Jump.

Not long ago, universities said they solved problems, Janet A. Weiss and Anne Khademian write. Now, many university leaders have upped the ante: their research will save the world.

Even as we remain committed to principles of inclusiveness, accessibility, equity and justice, we must ensure that we are challenging our students -- and ourselves -- with difficult and controversial subjects, writes David V. Rosowsky.

A poem by Laurence Musgrove about the beginning of a class.

Contingent faculty members are underpaid, yet administrators rarely take seriously the arguments championing equal pay for equal work, writes Daniel Davis. It’s time for a new approach.

Musa al-Gharbi warns of the dangers of politicizing educational attainment.

Jim Jump asks, is it legitimate to take advantage of another's hardship?

Nothing in our job descriptions requires us to be the best ever with the most publications in the best journals with the most grant money, writes Michael Rocque, so we should stop comparing and ranking ourselves.