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What Deans and Department Chairs Must Do Before Fall
Something is unfolding in the labor market that will greet your new graduates, who will face an incrementally tighter job market.
Sal Khan’s Coming for Higher Ed
And anyone who cares about human-centered education should hope he fails.
How Civil Rights Victories of the Past Turned Into Weapons of the Present
The use of civil rights law to suppress campus speech critical of Israel is the result of a 20-plus-year campaign to reinterpret Title VI.
The Dormatorium: A Proposal for What to Do With Empty Beds on Campuses
When campuses are half-empty and retirees are desperate to avoid “old age” homes, maybe it’s time to reimagine who gets to live in dorms.
Featured Gig: Vice Provost for Online, Digital Learning at Temple University
Four questions for Richard Souvenir, professor and vice provost for strategic initiatives.
HBCUs and the Uneven Legacy of Academic Freedom
Eddie R. Cole explores the complicated history around protecting scholars at historically Black colleges and universities and the risks of political interference in accreditation.
We Say We Believe in Free Inquiry—but Our Classrooms Tell a Different Story
If we want to prepare students to participate in American civic life, we need to start teaching differently.
13 Effective Strategies for Better Faculty Hiring and Retention
Here’s what we learned from analyzing projects developed and assessed under the umbrella of NSF ADVANCE.