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Between the Living and the Dead

Scott McLemee reviews Carl Öhman's “The Afterlife of Data.”

By Scott McLemee

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A Growing Movement to Oppose Genocide

We’re building Faculty for Justice in Palestine as a network to support people on campuses, especially the most vulnerable, write Andrew Ross and Sherene Seikaly.

By Andrew Ross and Sherene Seikaly

Columns Higher Ed Gamma

Religion and the American Left

Activism, to be successful, requires something more than demonstrations and public protests.

By Steven Mintz

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A Not-So-Sweet 16 Percent

We haven’t moved the dial on transfer student success, Eileen L. Strempel and Stephen J. Handel write.

By Eileen L. Strempel and Stephen J. Handel

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Scaled Online Learning as Higher Ed’s ‘Pandora’s Box’

And other imperfect academic equivalencies inspired by a fantastic book on the history of prestige TV.

By Joshua Kim

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Career Advice

Disembroiling HOT Moments in the Classroom

Rebecca Petitti, Amanda Irvin and Soulaymane Kachani advise instructors on how to respond when things get heated, offensive or tense.

By Rebecca Petitti et al.

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A Case for Term Limits for College Leaders

Term limits would create conditions for more visionary and collaborative leadership, Binnur Ozkececi-Taner writes.

By Binnur Ozkececi-Taner

Columns Beyond Transfer

A Road Well-Traveled

Student-level enrollment data provides helpful granularity for assessing the early success of the New England Transfer Guarantee.

By Julia Buchholz and Sarah Kuczynski