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Dear Colleagues: We Have an Image Problem
A website full of smiling faces is more appealing than a list of faculty members’ names, writes Jeremy Birnholtz, but unrestricted availability of photos poses risks.
The Fight to Save the Town
A review of the new book by Michelle Wilde Anderson.
KJB-Tel Records’ Higher Ed Breakup Album
The soundtrack for the ups and downs of an academic career in this strange time.
What We Lose When We Lose Languages
In cutting languages, colleges undercut commitments to social justice and to translation, in the broadest possible sense, Jessica Blum-Sorensen writes.
Postdocs Need People, Especially Each Other
The impulse to reach out and talk to another human being is what will help you the most right now—and also in the future, writes Briana Mohan.
Notes From a Community College Humanities Conference
Refreshing. It was refreshing.
The Evolving Ethics of Early Decision
Jim Jump considers the issues and the way they are changing.
Centering Students in the Diversity Statement Debate
With diversity statements under fire, the right response isn’t to give up on addressing equity goals through hiring: it’s to improve what we’re asking of candidates, Justin P. McBrayer and Sarah Roberts-Cady write.