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Nonfaculty Educators, COVID-19 and the Faculty/Staff Divide
A counterintuitively positive reflection on Jeff Selingo’s new Atlantic article on academic staff.
Not All Mentors
Kate Perry and Tobias T. Gibson offer suggestions for successful male mentorships of women in academe.
From the Ground Up
Scott McLemee reviews Reconstructing Democracy: How Citizens Are Building From the Ground Up by Charles Taylor, Patrizia Nanz and Madeleine Beaubien Taylor.
University Research Should Be Free to All
The research landscape has changed due to COVID-19. Let’s keep it that way, Janet Napolitano writes.
Drive-Up Graduation
The secret ingredient was families.
‘Lights Out,’ GE and the Fall of Elite Higher Ed
Why if it could happen to General Electric, it can happen to us.
Providing Postdocs the Support They Deserve
Principal investigators should not try to make postdocs simply mini versions of themselves but instead commit to advancing their chosen careers, Vipul Sharma writes.
Meeting the Moment
As graduate school deans, we should do more to prepare Ph.D. students for multiple career paths -- not only for their own sakes but also to help manage crises like COVID-19, writes Ambika Mathur.