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A Discourse on Method
Scott McLemee reviews Isaac Butler’s The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act.
Don’t Look Up: Higher Education’s Missing Science/Tech Leaders
Less selective universities should hire more senior administrators with STEM backgrounds—or risk shortchanging their students in competition for the best jobs, Ryan Craig argues.
An Inconvenient Presence
Reshmi Dutt-Ballerstadt writes of how serving on search committees in predominantly white institutions can often be a harrowing experience for many faculty members of color.
3 Questions for Michael Graham on his Dissertation on OPMs
Learning about institutional satisfaction with online program management providers.
Readers Respond on the Demographic Cliff
Some hearteningly thoughtful reflections from wise and worldly readers
Building a Positive Departmental Culture From the Ground Up
Karen Spierling describes her new department’s efforts to build and model productive relationships and create a space where all colleagues are explicitly valued, included and respected.
Who Knew? 5 Surprises About Accreditation
Accreditation is stepping up its game in an evolving higher education landscape in ways that may surprise you, writes Jamienne Studley.
Open Standards Bridging the Gap in Lifelong Learning
New knowledge from partnerships aimed at creating a learner-centric education ecosystem.