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Matthew Desmond’s ‘Poverty, by America’
Somehow both on-target and disappointing.
Universities, Consultants and ‘The Big Con’
How this book can help academic leaders think about ways to engage with consulting companies and consultants.
Reimagining the Academic Book Launch
Our topics may sometimes be abstruse, but we should take more creative risks to engage people in them, writes Christopher Schaberg.
The Value of Stochastic Thinking
How ideas about randomness, chance, uncertainty and probability are radically reshaping the humanities and the social and physical sciences.
Limbo Revisited
Advice for students trying to decide where to go.
Facing Diversity
Placing a minority grad student on the inside of a search process gestures toward inclusive practices yet also highlights it shortcomings, write Russ Castronovo and Elijah Levine.
ChatGPT and Writing Assessment, an Old Problem Made New
When it comes to assessing student writing, ChatGPT merely makes an enduring problem more apparent.
The Case for Having Class Outside
When end-of-semester stress reaches its peak, an outdoor class is an excellent remedy.