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Sounding Smarter = Being Smarter

Joseph Barber offers advice on how to sound knowledgeable -- and, in fact, be knowledgeable -- about a career field even without any direct experience in it.
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Lessons From Halloween

Debates about racist Halloween costumes remind us that a university should teach students how to reflect on significant societal issues, writes Elizabeth H. Simmons.
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Three Cheers for Student Protests

We shouldn't complain when students exercise the freedoms we claim to value.
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Meta-Majors, Sampler Platters and Sneaky Ambition

Course descriptions, transfer requirements and more.
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In Defense of Instructure’s Sales & Marketing Budget

And why we don’t invest enough of our higher ed resources in marketing, outreach, and communications.
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Op-Ed vs. Scholarly Journals

The case for publishing your ideas beyond the academic journal circuit.
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Rankings, Mergers, Development

This is the final part of an extended interview between Daniel Kontowski and Philip Altbach, who consider challenges for Polish universities as they discuss critical issues for higher education.