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Helping Students Embrace Discomfort
In a democracy, students need to learn to live with a high tolerance for ambiguity, writes José Antonio Bowen.
Exile Off Main Street
In Exiled in America: Life on the Margins in a Residential Hotel, author Christopher P. Dum portrays not only inescapable squalor but also efforts to create order in seriously damaged lives, writes Scott McLemee.
Inclusivity Means Opinions Count
We in higher education must embrace a new era in which people feel their opinions truly matter, argues Brandon Busteed.
Academics as Suburbanites
The fact that the relationship between higher education institutions and their faculties can be like that of cities and their commuters illuminates the cultural problems on many campuses.
Globalism, Colleges and the Compensation Principle
Given adequate funding, higher education is capable of playing a much greater role in helping displaced people retain their dignity and contribute to the future, argues Richard Romano.
Polyculturalism in a Postelection Nation
A better understanding of both individual and systemic racism can help us meet the looming challenge of uniting/reuniting our campuses and nation through respectful dialogue across difference, writes Ajay Nair.
In Search of a College MVP
What is higher education’s version of the minimum viable product -- the smallest, simplest unit that meets the public’s needs? Developing it will be a key goal for college leaders over the next decade, Ryan Craig argues.
Faculty on the Front Lines
After the presidential election, how do faculty members most effectively teach students in a divisive climate? Shontavia Johnson and Jennifer Harvey provide concrete advice.