Opinion

Quick, what’s the most vexing aspect of academic advising at a community college?

By Dean Dad

We talk, in higher ed, about collegiality, interdisciplinarity, and public engagement. We attempt talk about solidarity, but the divide between those who are on and who are off the tenure-track couldn’t be larger. We say we want higher ed to change for the better, but we keep perpetuating the same structures, with the same results, and marginalizing and excluding any voices that may help change happen.

By Lee Bessette

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By Eric Stoller

The "Kindle Run" does not exist. This is my pitch to Bezos and Amazon.

By Joshua Kim

Graduate students and junior professors need to navigate relationships in departments where people may not like to admit that hierarchies exist, writes Nate Kreuter.

By Nate Kreuter

Horror in Happy Valley, Not-So-Happy Valley, Happy Valley Upside Down - journalists everywhere are tilling the furrow between Penn State University's amber waves of grain and its shower stalls.

By UD and University Diaries

Four women involved in providing services for women on campuses respond to a recent essay criticizing the Education Department's guidance on responding to reports of sexual assaults.

By Scott Jaschik

What does it mean to “support” a program?

By Dean Dad