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Messy but Essential
Freedom of speech, even that which is hateful and repugnant, is the price we pay for democracy, writes Ana Mari Cauce, and as educators we can and should protect it.
‘Some People Are Just Born Good Writers’
Jill Parrott shatters the myth that you either have writing talent or you don’t.
The Need for Comprehensive Approaches to Campus Safety
Jonathan Kassa recommends how to guide organizationwide efforts to support colleges’ safety, economic and reputational goals.
Everyone Should Care About Graduate Student Tuition Waivers
Exempting tuition waivers from taxation is not only fair, but it is also a continuing commitment to the economic and societal benefits of accessible higher education, argues Mary Grace B. Hébert.
The Pedagogy of Boredom
Christopher Haynes argues that instructors teaching online courses should embrace unanticipated and unconstrained time -- something he’s learned a lot about from his toddler.
Sex and the International Student
Students coming from outside the country have distinct needs that campus programs designed for their domestic peers don’t typically address, write Sharla Reid and Jill Dunlap.
Hitting the Accelerator
Scott McLemee reviews The Acceleration of Cultural Change: From Ancestors to Algorithms, in which social networks, big data, memes and the like are presented as extreme cases of the creative and disruptive potentials or our tool-oriented species.