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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…
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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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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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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Is the Current Model of College Being “Disrupted?”
by Laura Hollis A group of law students I teach were recently discussing the merits of the traditional three-year law degree program. “Why not only have two years?” one suggested, “The third year could be a practicum, or a working…
Have Our Students Turned into Moral Monsters Who Hate Free Speech?
In the last few weeks, there has been a spate of columns by writers on the left condemning the left-wing college students who riot, take over university buildings, and shout down speakers they differ with.
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Could President Trump’s Extremist Education Agenda Impact College Faculty?
Not a single source I can find anticipated Trump would look for education expertise in the deep, dark well he repeatedly seems to draw from: the extremist, right-wing evangelical community.
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