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Ensuring That All College Students Are Scientifically Literate

If we want scientifically literate graduates, discipline-based introductory courses aren’t enough.

A political cartoon depicts a speaker at a climate summit outlining benefits of action. The bulleted list reads: “energy independence,” “preserve rainforests,” “sustainability,” “green jobs,” “livable cities,” “renewables,” “clean water, air” “healthy children,” “etc., etc.” A skeptic in the audience asks “What if it’s a big hoax and we create a better world for nothing?”
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What If the Campus Speech Crisis Is a Hoax…

…and we create a better university for nothing? Leon Sachs argues there’s no harm—and much benefit—in taking concerns about the campus speech climate seriously.

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Career Advice

Avoiding Failed Presidencies

Susan Resneck Pierce explores this growing threat to higher education and how presidential searches must change in response.

Columns Just Visiting

Training Should Happen at Work

Truth is, education is not set up to prepare employees for the specifics of the workplace. That’s a good thing.

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Career Advice Carpe Careers

What Data Tell Us About Landing a Faculty Job

Surveying recent applicants has provided insights into five key factors for success, writes Chris Smith.

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An Equity-Based Defense of Legacy Admissions

At Grinnell College, we don’t have a legacy admission program—but it might be easier to fund our $50 million-plus annual aid budget if we did, Joe Bagnoli writes.

Cover of Still Broke by Rick Wartzman.
Columns Learning Innovation

Is Walmart ‘Still Broke’?

Inspired to learn more about Walmart’s higher ed partnership with Guild.