Filter & Sort
Affirmative Action and Anti–Asian American Bias
Supporters of affirmative action need to reckon with disturbing facts showing apparent bias against Asian American applicants, Jonathan Zimmerman writes.
Build on 2022 for a Strong Career-Focused Start to 2023
Joseph Barber provides a roundup of career advice from this past year to help guide you in the new one.
Persuading Bryan Alexander (and Maybe You) to Read ‘The Skeptics’ Guide to the Future’
Warming up our higher ed futurist muscles as we anticipate the March 2023 release of Universities on Fire.
No Discipline Is Less Valuable Than Another
Discounting humanities tuition is a slippery slope built on unchallenged and false assumptions about the value of the disciplines.
Friday Fragments
Moments of clarity, condolences to Cazenovia and a need for a name.
Opinion
A Sectorwide Approach to Higher Ed’s Future
Institutions must seek ways to differentiate themselves even as they work together to address common challenges facing all of higher education, writes Sylvia M. Burwell.
The End of Decency: When Self-Promotion Goes Too Far
A mantra of academic advice columns is that you need to talk yourself up in a competitive job market, but let’s be honest: things have gotten way out of hand, writes M. Brett Wilson.