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Nonfaculty Educators, COVID-19 and the Faculty/Staff Divide
A counterintuitively positive reflection on Jeff Selingo’s new Atlantic article on academic staff.
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Not All Mentors
Kate Perry and Tobias T. Gibson offer suggestions for successful male mentorships of women in academe.
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From the Ground Up
Scott McLemee reviews Reconstructing Democracy: How Citizens Are Building From the Ground Up by Charles Taylor, Patrizia Nanz and Madeleine Beaubien Taylor.
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University Research Should Be Free to All
The research landscape has changed due to COVID-19. Let’s keep it that way, Janet Napolitano writes.
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‘Lights Out,’ GE and the Fall of Elite Higher Ed
Why if it could happen to General Electric, it can happen to us.
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Providing Postdocs the Support They Deserve
Principal investigators should not try to make postdocs simply mini versions of themselves but instead commit to advancing their chosen careers, Vipul Sharma writes.
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Meeting the Moment
As graduate school deans, we should do more to prepare Ph.D. students for multiple career paths -- not only for their own sakes but also to help manage crises like COVID-19, writes Ambika Mathur.