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Opinion

The Summer Break That Isn’t

Faculty need to be able to use the time in ways they can return rested and renewed in the fall, but that often doesn’t happen, writes Susannah M. Givens.

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Opinion

Making Sense of MIT’s Diversity Decline

Jim Jump considers the drop in underrepresented racial and ethnic minority students in MIT’s new entering class.

Opinion

3 Questions for Duke’s Yakut Gazi

A conversation with the first vice provost for learning innovation and digital education.

Opinion

Stanford Is Making a (Fixable) Mistake

The Jones Lecturer program in creative writing at Stanford has grown into a model when it comes to meeting student needs. For some reason, they’re blowing it up.

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Opinion

Into the Fall

As the summer reading season comes to a close, Scott McLemee looks ahead to forthcoming university press releases.

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Opinion

Competitive Academic Cultures Are Catalysts for Discrimination

Tania Ravaei recommends measures colleges should take to discourage racial resentment of the successes of members of marginalized groups.

Opinion

Navigating the New Realities of Academic Publishing

Trade-ification. The death of the monograph. Market-driven academic publishing.

Opinion

Upskilling, Reskilling or Retiring: Responding to the Advent of AI

The anticipated replacement of human workers with generative AI apps has begun. Earlier this year IBM announced about 8,000 layoffs amid an AI-powered initiative.