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Opinion
A Professor’s Lessons From Running for Public Office
Cynthia Richards found it meant representing higher education in venues where she was as likely to be confronted with anger, despair or even an AR-15 as with a pen and a notebook.
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Where Are the Presidents?
Commercialism and college sports are on trial, yet, for the most part, higher education leaders have been conspicuously silent, argues John Thelin.
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Vitriol Aimed at Communicators Is Misplaced
Increasingly, outrage over institutional decisions is directed at social media teams and communications staff. The cycle needs to stop.
Opinion
‘The Next Shift’: From Manufacturing to Meds (and Eds)
How Pittsburgh went from a steel town to a health-care mecca.
Opinion
‘The Chair’: A Dark Comedy?
The new Netflix series portrays a chair of a department at a moment when the position has never been more demanding and the humanities are at an inflection point, writes Amanda Bailey.
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Déjà Vu All Over Again?
Our challenge now is to strike the right balance between offering safety from COVID-19 and a normal college experience -- and in a sharply polarized environment, write David Wippman and Glenn C. Altschuler.