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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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3 Questions About Georgetown University’s New Bachelor Completion Degree on Coursera
A conversation with Georgetown’s Kelly Otter and Coursera’s Betty Vandenbosch.
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Being Urgent: A Manifesto of Student Rights
The proliferation of legislative efforts to impose educational gag orders must be understood urgently—and centrally—as a violation of student rights, Maureen E. Ruprecht Fadem writes.
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Lessons From a Recovering Boomerang Employee
Given how many workers are planning to quit their jobs, employers must consider welcoming back top performers, writes Jessica M. Nicklin, who experienced it firsthand.