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Opinion

Higher Education Overgrazing: Fixed Costs Are Leaving Nothing Behind

The habits and behaviors of industry negatively impact and consume higher education and students to feed their own agendas and fill their coffers, but there is no free lunch.

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Buying Evidence, Not Anecdotes About Diversity on Campuses

Anecdotes can be treated as evidence, but it’s crucial not to misunderstand one person’s perspectives as universal truths.

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Opinion

‘AI Literacy’

To understand a technology, you need to know the problem it was meant to solve.

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Opinion

Enough With the Performative Apologia

Let’s have an honest conversation about civic trust and higher education.

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Opinion

Design Backward, Learn Forward: Turning Academic Administration Into Scholarship

Using the Understanding by Design framework can help you turn academic program development and evaluation into scholarship.

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Opinion

Friday Fragments

F-1 visas, indefensibly expensive in-person sections and a few more aphorisms.

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Opinion

New (School) Year’s Resolutions

At the start of every academic year, many of us resolve to work differently or finally take better care of ourselves. But resolutions are often built to fail, and a more compassionate approach can help us make real change that lasts.

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Opinion

There’s Little Evidence Institutions Care About Writing

If writing matters, why don’t we put sufficient resources toward teaching it?