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Opinion

A Model for Keeping Students inSTEM

Building an inclusive future STEM workforce requires innovative approaches to mentoring and supporting undergraduates.

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Opinion

Why I Signed With the Literary Agent Who Didn’t Want My Book

Working with an agent who challenges your vision for your manuscript could push you to think more deeply and ultimately write a better book.

Online Classes and Conflicting Desires

Whether students vote with a ballot or with their feet, the outcome of the vote sometimes has unintended consequences.

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Becoming a Public Scholar

An interview with David M. Perry, author of a new handbook to help academics write for the public.

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On Being an International Student Adviser in These Times

International students are watching what they say online and on campus. This saddens me, but I’d be remiss if I advised them to do otherwise.

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Strength in Numbers, if Higher Ed Can Stand It

Institutions are being urged to band together against shared threats, but can they set aside autonomy and status long enough to make it work?

Making Transfer Work

Five critical steps to building transfer-friendly pathways to an affordable bachelor’s degree.

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Toward a True History of Viewpoint Diversity: It’s the Disciplines, Stupid!

Government and foundation-driven efforts to increase viewpoint diversity fundamentally misunderstand the issue.