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A notice that reads "Termination of Employment" on a desk, next to a book and pair of eyeglasses.

It’s the End of Tenure as We Know It

And no, Ellyn Lem writes, it’s not fine.

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Making Employment Agreements for Success

It’s more important than ever that faculty members be thoughtful about and understand the functions and limits of academic contracts, writes Peter F. Lake.

A young man holds a fridge door open and leans against the fridge, his head in his hand, as he surveys its contents: the fridge is empty.

Congress Can End the College Hunger Crisis

Mildred García and John B. King, Jr. write that complex rules for accessing federal SNAP benefits leave too many students hungry.

The Cognitive Turn in Literary Criticism

How the imaginative worlds created in fiction shape human perception, emotions and values.

My Imagined Climate Fiction and the University Syllabus

A climate fiction reading list inspired by Universities on Fire.

An illustration of a young man pulling a zipper shut over his mouth; surrounding him are icons that say things like "canceled" or "off," or that imply the volume is off.

Institutional Neutrality Doesn’t Go Far Enough

It doesn’t matter if the president is neutral if no one else in the university is, Peter C. Herman writes.

A Loss of Depth

The declining philosophical, psychological and sociological ambitions of modern fiction.

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Supporting Biomedical Trainees Through Alumni Mentorship

Delaney Dann and Lee Tacliad describe a program that offers students and postdocs an objective source of guidance and knowledge to help shape their career paths.