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Opinion
Alt-Academics and Committee Work
Why we want to serve on committees, task forces, working groups, and search committees.
Opinion
Post-Post Truth
What have we learned from the “fake news” conundrum? That neither algorithmic tweaks nor lessons in fact-checking will solve the problem.
Opinion
Gadgets and Distractions
It's too easy to assume that all distractions are electronic, or that all electronics are distractions.
Opinion
You Are Not Your Dissertation
There’s no denying its benefits, but it’s still only a project -- and one you can complete, writes Noelle Sterne.
Opinion
University Research and the Great Mistake
Universities are caught in a privatization trap that they built themselves and that will be difficult to take apart, argues Christopher Newfield.
Opinion
Trust, But Verify, Your Marketing to Teens
From the standpoint of college marketers, “trust, but verify” means that we should seek opportunities to expand our knowledge of what teens think about our communications, what they value about them, and how we can improve their effectiveness.