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Accessible Higher Education Should Be A National Priority
Too often people are held back academically by their situation. This could be due to anything – from a poor home environment to our standardized public education system. This should not be the case. When everyone doesn’t get the opportunity…
Is Higher Education in the Throws of an Existential Crisis?
by Alison Snyder and Kim Hart “Universities were designed to last, not change.” Bridget Burns, executive director, the University Innovation Alliance U.S. colleges and universities — historically cornerstones of society — are wrestling with…
New Law in Texas That Criminalizes Humor on Campuses is a Bad Joke
If there is one thing that marks American college life as the third decade of the 21st century dawns, it is a grim, cheerless opposition to humor. At one college, making jokes can get you reported to a “bias response team.” At another, the…
What Public Universities Must do to Regain Public Support
Universities have lost public support in recent years. In order to get it back, college presidents should worry less about how their institutions fare in college rankings and focus more on affordability, great teaching and doing research…
Educators Must Challenge the Politics of Evil
We need to add more complexity to our reasoning and discussion that leaves room for critical thought and action. When we see evildoers (like Hitler or Bowers) as extraordinary, we cannot see ourselves in those roles. On the opposite end of…
The Responsibility of Adjunct Intellectuals
Academics write for the public more than ever before but are hampered by precariousness of their profession.
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On Being Educated
Many people, rightly, blame the educational “system” for this unfortunate condition. But some of it is our own choice. Johnson said that the best thing that you can do for a boy is “to teach him how to read.” Once the lad can read, he is…
A Helpful Contingent Faculty Compromise: Equal Pay for (75% of) Equal Work
We all know that contingent faculty members are underpaid, yet administrators rarely take seriously the arguments championing equal pay for equal work. It's time for a new approach.
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Teaching Students How to Dissent is Part of Democracy
As a scholar in the philosophy of education, I would argue that our children, as burgeoning citizens, are entitled to such an education in our schools.
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When Race Triggers a Call to Campus Police
College campuses can be unwelcoming environments for racial minorities, including adjunct and part-time faculty of color.
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