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‘Generations’ and Tomorrow’s Gen Z Academic Workforce

How will colleges and universities attract and retain faculty and staff born between 1995 and 2012?

By Joshua Kim

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The Everyday Work of Transformation

Simple, scalable frameworks can help students understand the why of what they’re learning, Cathy N. Davidson and Rachel Stephenson write.

By Cathy N. Davidson and Rachel Stephenson

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A Grandmother’s View of the College Admissions Process

What one academic learned while watching her granddaughter.

By Elaine P. Maimon

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Columns Confessions of a Community College Dean

Friday Fragments

Reader responses, a leadership dilemma and a moral victory.

By Matt Reed

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Symptomatic Reading

Scott McLemee surveys a psychoanalytic critic’s response to the pandemic.

By Scott McLemee

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We Can Say the Word ‘Fat’

Most of us in academe would rather ignore the needs of marginalized people than recognize antifat biases, but we must do better, writes Kallie Menard.

By Kallie Menard

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Columns Beyond Transfer

Offering Guaranteed Admission

The Transfer Student Success and Equity Intensive is producing more equitable transfer outcomes.

By Julie White and Sheila Lange

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Can a College Class Teach You How to Lead a Meaningful, Joyful Life?

Ivy-plus approaches to a well-designed, purposeful life.

By Steven Mintz