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Racial Threat and Affirmative Action
My research speaks to the complex racial dynamics underlying the recent Supreme Court decision rejecting affirmative action in admissions, Andrew Ifedapo Thompson writes.
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World-Wide Weird
Scott McLemee looks ahead to some ‘promisingly weird’ books from university presses due out this fall.
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Trust the Process: Helping Students Overcome Imposter Syndrome
Faculty and staff members who interact with students can take five actions to help those with self-doubt and other struggles that may impact completion of a degree, writes David Stoddard.
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A Tenured Full Professor’s Call to Arms
Tenured full professors must weaponize their privilege in higher ed’s defense, Mathew H. Gendle writes.
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Most Career Outcome Narratives Are Incomplete
Colleges should closely analyze how postgraduation employment outcomes differ based on race, class and first-generation student status, Hayley A. Haywood writes.
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What If the Campus Speech Crisis Is a Hoax…
…and we create a better university for nothing? Leon Sachs argues there’s no harm—and much benefit—in taking concerns about the campus speech climate seriously.
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An Equity-Based Defense of Legacy Admissions
At Grinnell College, we don’t have a legacy admission program—but it might be easier to fund our $50 million-plus annual aid budget if we did, Joe Bagnoli writes.
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Alone, Together
Scott McLemee reflects on Daniel Schreiber’s Alone: Reflections on Solitary Living.
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