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Opinion

Enhancing the Faculty Role in Student Career Readiness

Embedding career learning in the classroom is the most effective way to reach and expand opportunities to all students, write Karrin E. Wilks and Niesha Ziehmke.

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Opinion

The Right-Wing Attack on Academia, With a Totalitarian Twist

New model legislation, ostensibly meant to overhaul general education, proposes a radical assault on faculty and academic freedom, John K. Wilson writes.

Opinion

Can You Grade Essays Better Than an Auto-Grader?

In too many instances, the answer is no.

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Opinion

Navigating the First Years of a Ph.D. Program

If you’re about to enroll as a doctoral student or considering it, S. Mohsen Fatemi offers detailed advice on how to have the most positive experience.

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Opinion

‘Wealth, Cost & Price’ and the Future of Elite Higher Education

Endowments, status and history of postsecondary economics.

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Opinion

Teaching Conflict, Not Violence

In teaching about the Middle East, a framework from the French psychologist Charles Rojzman can help engage students in conversations characterized by conflict, not violence, Pamela E. Barnett writes.

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Opinion

Some Good News on Campus Veterans

There is progress amid the discouraging developments about the state of veterans on campuses, Wick Sloane writes.

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Opinion

The Department Chair Triumvirate 

Vicki L. Baker shares case studies that shed light on new ways department chairs need to operate in terms of leadership, management and personnel.