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The Beating Heart of Gen Ed
Critical thinking skills should be placed at the center of general education programs, Louis E. Newman writes.
An Ed-Tech Riff on Smil’s ‘Invention and Innovation’
What educational technologies failed to live up to the hype, are always a decade away from mattering or have proved harmful to learners and universities?
What Algorithms Say About Affirmative Action
Race-blind approaches risk obscuring important information, Rachel Hong writes.
In Praise of Napping
Even people who try to live a healthy life during grad school often sacrifice sleep to make room for all that needs doing, says Victoria McGovern. What can we do about it?
The Dark Side of Academic Sisterhood
Women faculty members hear lots of advice on coping with misogyny in academe, but the lack of support they may receive from other women is far less discussed, writes Dorina Pojani.
Fear Itself
Scott McLemee reviews Arash Javanbakht’s Afraid: Understanding the Purpose of Fear and Harnessing the Power of Anxiety.
Endowments Per Full-Time Student
Thinking about wealth and universities.