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Writing for Wider Audiences: Structural Challenges for Scholars
Institutional incentives (and barriers) are major reasons why more professors don’t try to bring their ideas to the public, Danielle Cooper and Christine Wolff-Eisenberg argue.
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We Don’t Need No Stinking Thought Leaders
Despite Daniel Drezner’s arguments to the contrary, now is not the “worst of times” for public intellectuals, Jonathan Marks argues.
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'The Fourth Industrial Revolution' and the Future of Higher Ed
More worries about the growth of a platform-based / data-intensive economy and a growing concentration of postsecondary institutional advantage.
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How to Build Your Own Career Fair
It’s an excellent way for Ph.D.s and postdocs to articulate how their skills might add value to organizations that lie outside their traditional disciplinary areas, writes Robert D. Pearson.
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Paving the Way to More Reliable Research
Stephanie Wykstra describes how scholars and researchers are working to restore confidence in peer-reviewed science.
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How Wealthy Chinese Students Game the System
Burgess Mandella offers an inside look at how the favored in China impress American admissions officers.