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Fostering Wellness During a Time of Continued COVID Uncertainty
Campus counselor Tracee Anderson offers advice on meeting evolving mental health needs of college students.
The Big Threat to Academic Freedom No One’s Talking About
College athletes lack the rights other students enjoy because those rights have been subsumed by business imperatives, write Stephen T. Casper, Jay M. Smith and Nathan Kalman-Lamb.
Fire Mark Schlissel, but Don’t Troll Him
People deserve to know why he was dismissed, but sharing all the lovey-dovey emails serves no interest except our sadistic desire to feel superior, writes Jonathan Zimmerman.
Reviewing the New Antitrust Suit
Jim Jump asks, what does it really mean to be a need-blind college?
Opinion
Rethinking the Faculty Role in Students’ Career Readiness
It’s time for all of us on campuses, not just the people in career services, to step up and help offer the competencies employers say they’re looking for, Rachel Toor writes.
The Urge
Scott McLemee reviews Carl Erik Fisher’s The Urge: Our History of Addiction.
The Dilemmas of Disciplines Going Public
Various fields have had public dimensions for decades, writes Harvey J. Graff, but it’s now time for scholars from different specializations to embark on a renewed set of initiatives.
An Oft-Neglected Way to Help Restore Students’ Mental Health
COVID has significantly intensified their anxiety, depression and hopelessness, yet untapped cures may lie in campus makerspaces, Jenna Scott writes.