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Opinion
What Should It Mean to Be Liberally Educated in the 21st Century?
Derek Bok’s prescriptions for reclaiming the value of a liberal education.
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"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.
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How to Overcome Classroom Zoom Fatigue
Elizabeth Stone shares the strategies she used to transform her recent Zoom class into one of the most gratifying teaching experiences she'd ever had.
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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.
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It’s Time to Help Students Vote in a Pandemic
While colleges must avoid partisanship, they should do everything they can to ensure that students get all the information they need to participate in the upcoming election, writes Gary Orfield.
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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.
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‘Underwater’ and the New Small College Town Housing Bubble
The dream and nightmare of homeownership.