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Opinion
Career Advice

Forget ‘Work-Life Balance’

It’s the wrong framework—and it may be quietly harming us.

By Olga Kipnis

Opinion
Columns Confessions of a Community College Dean

Spring Rush

Could we space out the big, important events on the calendar, please?

By Matt Reed

Opinion
Columns Debatable Ideas

Penn’s Unprincipled Attack on Open Expression

The University of Pennsylvania has long had one of the worst speech codes on American college campuses. Its new proposed principles are worse.

By John K. Wilson

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Opinion
Columns The Public Scholar

3 University Press Editors, 6 Publishing Questions

Susan D’Agostino talks with editors at Oxford, Princeton and UNC Press about book acquisition meetings, unconventional book launches and words in book proposals that make their hearts sink.

By Susan D’Agostino

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Opinion
Views

‘Not Everyone Needs College’ Is a Straw Man

Too often, the claim that “everyone needs college” serves to derail conversations about access.

By Jeremy J. Kasten

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Opinion
Career Advice Carpe Careers

A Partnership Model for Growing Postdoc Program Reach and Impact

A six-week virtual leadership program brought together postdocs from three different universities and across a wide range of disciplines.

By Karena Nguyen et al.

Opinion
Columns Confessions of a Community College Dean

Attrition and Career Ladders

The macroeconomic effects of pushing disproportionate risk onto the next generation are both larger than any individual employer and beyond the scope of their immediate concern.

By Matt Reed

Opinion
Columns Just Explain It to Me!

What May (or May Not) Get University Employees Fired

Stories of performance and behavioral issues abound in higher education. From a list of scenarios, could you guess how many ended with someone being fired?

By Kathy Johnson Bowles