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Do Colleges Need a Chief Diversity Officer?
When strategically and purposely positioned, funded and supported, such senior administrators can play a vital role in higher education institutions today, writes Eugene T. Parker III.
Moving to the ‘Dark Side’ in Dark Times
An administrative position, especially during a chaotic period, can give you the opportunity to focus your passion and institutional knowledge in a different and deeper way, Bradley Fuster writes.
Cheering on the Batman Effect
If that's what it takes to generate self-awareness, so be it.
Academic Planning for a Worst-Case Long-Term COVID-19 Scenario
If a vaccine does not come until 2025.
What Should It Mean to Be Liberally Educated in the 21st Century?
Derek Bok’s prescriptions for reclaiming the value of a liberal education.
"Institutional Awe" Makes for Bad Leadership
When you privilege the institution over the people it's supposed to serve, you get what's happening at schools across the country (like UNC Chapel Hill) right now.
Party Like Your Life Depends on It
To safely reopen this fall, faculty and staff must reinforce social norms that capitalize on students' natural tendency to want to do the right thing, argues Brendan Cushing-Daniels.
It’s Compassion, Not Capitulation, to Ask Less of Students Amid Disruption
As was true last spring, the college learning environment this fall is likely to challenge students. Professors should be flexible and empathetic, William Ellis writes.