A RAND Corporation survey estimates 65 percent of Americans have a chronic illness of some sort, and 20 to 30 percent of working-age adults in many states are considered disabled, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More...
As academe works to make conferences more accessible and humane, it's a pervasive problem that's also easy to fix, writes Jonathan Beecher Field. More...
Larissa M. Mercado-López offers advice for how faculty members can better support student who are parents as well as those who are caregivers in other ways. More...
Meetings are a great equalizer -- they subject nearly everyone to needless suffering, writes Stephen J. Aguilar, who offers advice for making them more productive. More...
Perhaps you’ve recognized reasons you’re being pushed or pulled outside higher ed. Perhaps you’ve engaged in career discernment, gaining clarity about next directions. More...
In trying to get her students to care about writing, Rachel Wagner decided that she had to get them to care about editing. More...
Career centers across the country struggle with last-minute job searchers -- i.e., seniors and graduate and postdoctoral trainees in their final quarter or semester who need jobs right away. More...
Our academic freedom may be at stake, writes Julie Kim, if most of our paycheck is controlled by a hospital that is affiliated with but not owned by the institution. More...
Fans and foes of letting students use laptops and phones in class hold fervent views. Jordan Troisi and Aaron Richmond suggest acting based on research instead -- and offer recommendations. More...
Despite all the changes going on outside campuses -- and often, in fact, because of them -- our traditional educational practices have never been more important, writes Michael S. Roth. More...
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