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How Cognitive Bias Hinders Student Success
Steps you can take to combat the cognitive errors that contribute to self-sabotage.
The Enemy of Any Job Search
Social comparison can make an already stressful situation much worse, writes Irina Filonova, who offers some strategies for how to deal with it.
Sometimes You Have to Say No
The bizarre UCSB dorm as a symptom of austerity.
Opinion
Agents Are the Problem
A new law restricting the use of agents paid on commission could actually be a blessing for international students, write Philip G. Altbach and Liz Reisberg.
To Reduce Inequality on College Campuses, Invest in Relationships
Proactive student support and mentorship culture is undervalued in academia, writes Becca Spindel Bassett, who studies inequity in higher ed.
Is Rising Inequality the Fault of ‘The 9.9 Percent’?
An argument that well-paid professionals benefit from and serve to perpetuate our increasingly stratified society.
Magickal Realism
Scott McLemee reviews The Last Witches of England: A Tragedy of Sorcery and Superstition by John Callow.