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Good Old Nostalgia
Scott McLemee reviews Tobias Becker’s Yesterday: A New History of Nostalgia.
Reckoning With the Problem of Collective Evil
How to teach about historical injustices.
10 Survival Tips for New Professors
Benjamin Pacini offers advice that can help you make your life as an instructor a little easier and, more important, benefit your students.
Unextreme Vetting
Judith Wilde and James Finkelstein are skeptical search firms will step up their diligence to root out research misconduct.
‘Never Enough’ and the Roots of Our College Student Mental Health Crisis
Can universities be a counterweight to a toxic achievement culture?
On Authenticity and Leadership in Academe
Being true to ourselves is a barometer of well-being, but what if aspects of our true selves are counterproductive for us or our institution? Jacob A. Brown, C. K. Gunsalus, Nicholas C. Burbules and Thomas Byrne offer some answers.
Academic Life Without a Smartphone
Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera doesn’t have a smartphone—and he thinks scholars should be asking a lot more questions about how the devices are affecting academic life.
10 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Accepting a Higher Ed CMCO Role
An experienced chief marketing and communications officer shares tips for colleagues aspiring to the senior-most marketing role on a campus.